| Show A WYOMING WOMAN TYPICAL OF InOOniiSS OF THE EQUAL SUFPnAQE STATES 5111 1 IMtllit llfl Dirte anprlnledenl of TtiMlr Krhnuti for omlnKh 11nlol tt eleen Ed rsloe el Tho oughly llberl I u p > > o N s i n iiAntn satlefactlon was Y G I fell by Ibo friends i LV of Miss Hstflle Heel y when It IU announced I e an-nounced that tho lady named had been chosen slat n FUpcrlntendant or schools In Wyoming Wyo-ming lilies Iteel received n good part In Chicago miners she won marked admiration from those who know her beat Ten years ago Iho vent to the far western stale named and has ever since been engaged In educational work first ns te cher In one of the Cheyenne puhllo schools hen as superintendent for Ijirnmlo county which position she held for four rears nnd finally a state superintendent superintend-ent W > omlng women havo been In politics to long that Iho selection of Ml Heel to fill this Important place caused little or no surprise there She Ihlnks that though women cast nearly half the vote of tho state they do not by any mean expect to bold Iho same proportion of emcee Speaking on this subject recently the said 10m certain they will not ask for moro than ono of Ibo six state office for many years to come Which ono i Why the state superintendent of schools It has become an unwritten law In Wyoming that the management of the schools for the state shall bo left as fir as possible In tho hinds of the omen Allot the counties but two havo women superintendents and many of tho school principals and r fi r 4il 1 1I L fl r Ii II 1 h r f J f 0 a St JI f sit44 1 1 1t 1 ESTEfLit REEL school superintendents are women If the women ot tins equal suffrage states can have a share In school management manage-ment a fair share ot tine clerical offices and an opportunity to exercise enough Influence upon legislation to continue to maintain wages for women equal to those ot men where the same work Is performed they will be well sails fled and will not attempt to encroach upon offices which should always ba filled by men With the other members ot the board I have visited the ilato Institutions Institu-tions of Colorado Nebraska and Illinois Illi-nois during he past year la order to becomo acquainted with the best methods meth-ods employed for the care of the do fcctlvo classes I am also secretary and register of tho state land board which has In charge the various grant of public land mndo lo tho state by congress con-gress This year tho board will distribute distrib-ute to tho various counties of the state upward of 50000 which has been received re-ceived for rental of school lands nail this will be dl irllute r to the vorou chool districts In earl county Tho receipts of my office from land rentals are now over llooo a month an Increase In-crease of over 1700 a month over what they went when I went into the office a litho our a pear mo |
