Ella Boyce Kirk
American superintendent of schools
About Ella Boyce Kirk
Lived 1860 – 1930 (aged 69–70).
Ella Boyce Kirk (c.1861 – 1930) was the first woman to become Superintendent of Schools in a Pennsylvania city, and possibly the first in the United States.
She was born in Bangor, Maine ca. 1861, and taught school in Bradford, Pennsylvania before moving to Pittsburgh. In 1890, she married a wealthy oil businessman named David Kirk. She authored My Pilgrimage to Coué (1922).
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Who was Ella Boyce Kirk?
American superintendent of schools
When was Ella Boyce Kirk born?
Ella Boyce Kirk was born in 1860.
When did Ella Boyce Kirk die?
Ella Boyce Kirk died in 1930.
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