Ella (as she was known) was born in Buffalo, New York. The daughter of Theodore and Jane (Reed) Flagg. She had two siblings, May and Charles.
She was taken to Chicago by her parents when a young girl. She was graduated from the Chicago public schools and was appointed teacher in the primary grade in 1862, when she was 17 years old.
She was married to a Chicago merchant named William Young, in 1868, but her husband died when Ella was 27 years old, and she returned to teaching. "I would rather teach than do any thing in the world," Mrs. Young said on one occasion.
President William R. Harper of the University of Chicago, who was opposed to the appointment of women to important posts, made an exception in Mrs. Young's case and appointed her a professor in the department of pedagogy in 1899. She left the University of Chicago in 1905 to become principal of the Chicago Normal School. In 1909, she was chosen as superintendent of Chicago's public schools from a list of six candidates, five of whom were men of national reputation. She was president of the National Education Association in 1910 and 1911. She was one of the most widely known women educators in the United States. She was a leader of progressive educational ideas to which she devoted more than fifty years of her life. She was chairman of the National Woman's Liberty Loan committee. She died after a short illness from influenza.
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She was taken to Chicago by her parents when a young girl. She was graduated from the Chicago public schools and was appointed teacher in the primary grade in 1862, when she was 17 years old.
She was married to a Chicago merchant named William Young, in 1868, but her husband died when Ella was 27 years old, and she returned to teaching. "I would rather teach than do any thing in the world," Mrs. Young said on one occasion.
President William R. Harper of the University of Chicago, who was opposed to the appointment of women to important posts, made an exception in Mrs. Young's case and appointed her a professor in the department of pedagogy in 1899. She left the University of Chicago in 1905 to become principal of the Chicago Normal School. In 1909, she was chosen as superintendent of Chicago's public schools from a list of six candidates, five of whom were men of national reputation. She was president of the National Education Association in 1910 and 1911. She was one of the most widely known women educators in the United States. She was a leader of progressive educational ideas to which she devoted more than fifty years of her life. She was chairman of the National Woman's Liberty Loan committee. She died after a short illness from influenza.
Contributor: Angel_Love (47992836)
Ella (as she was known) was born in Buffalo, New York. The daughter of Theodore and Jane (Reed) Flagg. She had two siblings, May and Charles.
She was taken to Chicago by her parents when a young girl. She was graduated from the Chicago public schools and was appointed teacher in the primary grade in 1862, when she was 17 years old.
She was married to a Chicago merchant named William Young, in 1868, but her husband died when Ella was 27 years old, and she returned to teaching. "I would rather teach than do any thing in the world," Mrs. Young said on one occasion.
President William R. Harper of the University of Chicago, who was opposed to the appointment of women to important posts, made an exception in Mrs. Young's case and appointed her a professor in the department of pedagogy in 1899. She left the University of Chicago in 1905 to become principal of the Chicago Normal School. In 1909, she was chosen as superintendent of Chicago's public schools from a list of six candidates, five of whom were men of national reputation. She was president of the National Education Association in 1910 and 1911. She was one of the most widely known women educators in the United States. She was a leader of progressive educational ideas to which she devoted more than fifty years of her life. She was chairman of the National Woman's Liberty Loan committee. She died after a short illness from influenza.
Contributor: Angel_Love (47992836)
She was taken to Chicago by her parents when a young girl. She was graduated from the Chicago public schools and was appointed teacher in the primary grade in 1862, when she was 17 years old.
She was married to a Chicago merchant named William Young, in 1868, but her husband died when Ella was 27 years old, and she returned to teaching. "I would rather teach than do any thing in the world," Mrs. Young said on one occasion.
President William R. Harper of the University of Chicago, who was opposed to the appointment of women to important posts, made an exception in Mrs. Young's case and appointed her a professor in the department of pedagogy in 1899. She left the University of Chicago in 1905 to become principal of the Chicago Normal School. In 1909, she was chosen as superintendent of Chicago's public schools from a list of six candidates, five of whom were men of national reputation. She was president of the National Education Association in 1910 and 1911. She was one of the most widely known women educators in the United States. She was a leader of progressive educational ideas to which she devoted more than fifty years of her life. She was chairman of the National Woman's Liberty Loan committee. She died after a short illness from influenza.
Contributor: Angel_Love (47992836)
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