Anna Estelle Arnold

Anna Estelle Arnold (1879–1942) was an American school teacher and administrator from the U.S. state of Kansas who also published text books.[1] She served as Superintendent of Schools of Chase County, Kansas. Her second textbook, A History of Kansas, was the first book printed under the state's then-new State Publication Law.

Anna Estelle Arnold

Early years and education

Anna Estelle Arnold was born at Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas. As a small child, her parents moved to Chase County. She was a graduate of Kansas State University.[2]

Career

Arnold taught in the county's grade and high schools. In 1905, she became a candidate for Superintendent of Schools of Chase County. Her success and her unusual ability as a teacher were rewarded by a two to one majority on a close county ticket. At the second term, she had no opposition and out of 1214 votes cast, she received all but 29.[2]

Arnold's Civics and Citizenship in 1912 was adopted as the state textbook on civil government for use in the public schools of Kansas. It was also used by a large number of women's clubs. Her second textbook, A History of Kansas, the first book printed under Kansas' new State Publication Law, was also adopted by the textbook commission.[2] The book, of about 200 pages, was illustrated with reproductions of drawings of primitive implements and modes of living. About half of the book treated the history of the Kansas region before the State's admission to the Union. Brief accounts were given of Native Americans, frontier life, means of transportation, as well as economic and intellectual advancement.[3]

Selected works
Kansas map, 1840–60, by Anna Estelle Arnold
  • (1912), Civics and citizenship: a text-book for the boys and girls of Kansas
  • (1914), A history of Kansas
  • (1915), The counties of Kansas at the close of the Civil War (map)

References
Specific
  1. Baym 2012, p. 146.
  2. Barker 1915, p. 35.
  3. McKinley Publishing Company 1915, p. 90.

Bibliography
  • Barker, Nettie Garmer (1915). Kansas Women in Literature (Public domain ed.). S.I. Meseraull & Son, printers. ISBN 9780722249086.
  • Baym, Nina (17 August 2012). Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07884-2.
  • McKinley Publishing Company (1915). History Teacher's Magazine (Public domain ed.). McKinley Publishing Company.
  • Strayer-Hanson, Frances E. (November 2009). Medicine Bow Valley Pioneers: Closing the Overland Trail/Opening the Union Pacific Railroad. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4401-5622-9.

Attribution
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: N. G. Barker's Kansas Women in Literature (1915)
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: McKinley Publishing Company's History Teacher's Magazine (1915)
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