Английская Википедия:Emma B. Alrich
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Emma B. Alrich (Шаблон:Nee, Eldridge; April 4, 1845 – December 15, 1925) was an American journalist, author, and educator. She was born in New Jersey and moved to Kansas after marrying. Alrich served as Filing Clerk of the Kansas Legislature,Шаблон:Sfn and was the only woman in her day to serve as superintendent of the city schools of Mitchell County, Kansas. She was a charter member of the National Woman's Relief Corps, as well as its national senior vice-president. She was the department president of Kansas,Шаблон:Sfn and charter member of the organization in 1883 at Denver, Colorado.Шаблон:Sfn Eldridge died in 1925.
Early years and education
Emma B. Eldridge was born in Cape May County, New Jersey, on April 4, 1845.Шаблон:Sfn She was her parents' first child. At the age of three, a New Testament was given to her as a prize because she could read it. Two years later, she was selling blackberries to buy an arithmetic book. At age twelve, she joined the Baptist Church and she began to write for the county paper.Шаблон:Sfn
When she was sixteen, Alrich taught the summer school at her home. In 1862, she entered the State Normal School (now The College of New Jersey) in Trenton, New Jersey, going out for six months in the middle of the course to earn the money to finish it. She was graduated in June, 1864, as valedictorian of her class.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
Alrich began to teach in a summer school immediately following her graduation. On February 13, 1886, she married Levi L. Alrich,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn who had won laurels as one of Baker's Cavalry, of the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry. Her first two years of married life were spent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1876, the Centennial opened up new possibilities and the couple settled in Cawker City, Kansas. There, she again taught school, was the first woman in Mitchell County to take the highest grade certificate, and the only woman at the time who served as superintendent of the city schools. She was a supporter of teachers' meetings, church social gatherings, a public library and a woman's club.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1883, Levi Alrich's failing health compelled a change in business. He bought the Free Press, and changed its name to the Public Record. All the work of the office was done by their family. Besides her journalistic work, she served two years on the board of teachers' examiners. She was one of the forty who organized the National Woman's Relief Corps, one of the three who founded the Woman's Hesperian Library Club, and was the founder of the Kansas Woman's Press Association. Alrich had little time for purely literary work.Шаблон:Sfn
Death
She died December 15, 1925,Шаблон:Sfn in Cawker City, and was buried in the Prairie Grove Cemetery.[1]
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