Show TO TEACH YOUNG mrs airs ella flagg young who has baa been appointed superintendent of the chicago public schools by the board of education of that city takes her place among the highest salaried women in the united slates those of her sex who have gono gone beyond the emolument of her new position L have been few and far be between iween about the biggest sum paid a woman on re record card was that the insurance investigations reve revealed abed had been paid to gage cage barbells Tar bells secretary who was credited with receiving 11 H rogers secretary has been credited with a 10 X salary heretofore the record among chicago women as ba has been held field by mrs airs jacob baur formerly miss H bertha duppler who until her marriage naan lago last tall fall was for several years private secretary to chi agos postmaster aliss duppler received a salary of 2400 mrs airs young la Is 64 years old having been born january 15 1845 at buffalo falo N Y her parents went to chicago when she was waa a child and she obtained all of her education there being graduated from the high school and and later from the chicago normal school of which she has been principal she studied alfo albo at the university of chicago which gave her the degree of doctor of philosophy she was married in chicago in 1868 to william willfam young who died some years ago but continued her work of teaching which ahe had begun in tho the chicago schools in 1862 when sho she was 17 years old |