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{{Short description|American politician; superintendent of schools (1878–1956)}}
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[[File:A_Few_of_the_Eminent_Women_of_Arizona,_C._Louise_Boheringer,_Mattie_L._Williams,_Marie_Bartlett_Heard,_Margaret_Wheeler_Ross,_Edith_O._Kitt.jpg|thumb| 1) C. Louise Boheringer, 2) Mattie L. Williams, 3) Maie Bartlett Heard, 4) Margaret Wheeler Ross, 5) Edith O. Kitt]]
{{Infobox person
|name = C. Louise Boehringer
|image = C. Louise Boehringer.png
|caption =
|birth_name = Cora Louise Boehringer
|birth_date = 1878
|birth_place = [[Morrison, Illinois]]
|death_date = September 11, {{death year and age|1956|1878}}
|death_place = [[Seattle, Washington]]
|nationality = American
|occupation = Educator
|known_for = First female superintendent of schools in [[Yuma County, Arizona]]
}}


'''Cora Louise Boehringer''' (1878 – September 11, 1956) was the first female Superintendent of Schools, [[Yuma County]] and the first female to be elected to office in [[Arizona]].<ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Wheatmark">{{cite book|last1=Warneka|first1=Brenda Kimsey|last2=Payne|first2=June P.|last3=Roe|first3=Sheila|last4=Stevenson|first4=Pam Knight|last5=McFarland|first5=Lois|last6=Hughes|first6=Carol|title=Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912-2012|date=2016|publisher=Wheatmark, Inc.|page=208|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=PLITDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT208|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref> In 2008 she was inducted in the [[Arizona Women's Hall of Fame]]. She has been called "the mother of the Arizona educational system".<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web|title=C. Louise Boehringer (1878-1956)|url=https://www.azwhf.org/?s=C.+Louise+Boehringer|website=Arizona Women's Hall of Fame|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref>
'''Cora Louise Boehringer''' (1878 – September 11, 1956) was an American educator who was the first female superintendent of schools in [[Yuma County, Arizona]].<ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Wheatmark">{{cite book|last1=Warneka|first1=Brenda Kimsey|last2=Payne|first2=June P.|last3=Roe|first3=Sheila|last4=Stevenson|first4=Pam Knight|last5=McFarland|first5=Lois|last6=Hughes|first6=Carol|title=Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912–2012|date=2016|publisher=Wheatmark, Inc.|page=208|isbn=9781627874069|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PLITDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT208|accessdate=August 6, 2017}}</ref> She has been called "the mother of the Arizona educational system".<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web|title=C. Louise Boehringer (1878–1956)|url=https://www.azwhf.org/?s=C.+Louise+Boehringer|website=Arizona Women's Hall of Fame|accessdate=August 6, 2017}}</ref> In 2008 she was inducted into the [[Arizona Women's Hall of Fame]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Cora Louise Boehringer was born in [[Morrison, Illinois]], the daughter of Jacob F. Boehringer and Louise Greenawald, immigrants from Germany.<ref name="Petticoats">{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Wynne|title=More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Arizona Women|date=2012|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|page=159|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=NptMSyjxWe8C&pg=PA159|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Binheim">{{cite book|last=Binheim|first=Max|title=Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America|date=1928|page=5|publisher=Los Angeles, Calif., Publishers Press|url=https://archive.org/details/womenofwestserie00binh|accessdate=6 August 2017}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name="Trail">{{cite web|title=C. Louise Boehringer (b. 1878, d. 1956)|url=http://www.womensheritagetrail.org/women/CLouiseBoehringer.php|website=Arizona Womens Heritage Trail|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref>
Cora Louise Boehringer was born in [[Morrison, Illinois]], the daughter of Jacob F. Boehringer and Louise Greenawald, immigrants from Germany.<ref name="Petticoats">{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Wynne|title=More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Arizona Women|date=2012|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|page=159|isbn=9780762783977|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NptMSyjxWe8C&pg=PA159|accessdate=August 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Binheim">{{cite book|last1=Binheim|first1=Max|last2=Elvin |first2=Charles A. |title=Women of the West: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Living Eminent Women in the Eleven Western States of the United States of America|year=1928|page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofwestserie00binh/page/n195 5]|location=Los Angeles |publisher=Publishers Press|url=https://archive.org/details/womenofwestserie00binh|accessdate=August 6, 2017}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name="Trail">{{cite web|title=C. Louise Boehringer (b. 1878, d. 1956)|url=http://www.womensheritagetrail.org/women/CLouiseBoehringer.php|website=Arizona Womens Heritage Trail|accessdate=August 6, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806220346/http://www.womensheritagetrail.org/women/CLouiseBoehringer.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Boehringer attended primary school in [[St. Louis]], Missouri and then high school in [[Illinois State University|DeBalk Normal School]], in [[DeKalb, Illinois]], graduating in 1902, and then attended teacher colleges in both Illinois and Missouri. She studied and secured degrees from [[Columbia University]] (B.S. in education, 1911), [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Columbia Teacher's College]] (professional certification in elementary supervision, 1911) and [[California State University]] at Berkeley (M.A. in education, 1930).<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
Boehringer attended primary school in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. In 1902 she graduated from [[Illinois State University|DeKalb Normal School]] in [[DeKalb, Illinois]]. She then attended teacher colleges in Illinois and Missouri. She studied and received degrees from [[Columbia University]] (B.S. in education, 1911), [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Columbia Teacher's College]] (professional certification in elementary supervision, 1911) and [[University of California, Berkeley|California State University at Berkeley]] (M.A. in education, 1930).<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />


==Career==
==Career==
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[[File:A Few of the Eminent Women of Arizona, C. Louise Boheringer, Mattie L. Williams, Marie Bartlett Heard, Margaret Wheeler Ross, Edith O. Kitt.jpg|thumb|1) C. Louise Boehringer, 2) Mattie L. Williams, 3) Maie Bartlett Heard, 4) Margaret Wheeler Ross, 5) Edith O. Kitt]]
C. Louise Boehringer held several positions as instructor in Illinois and Missouri: director of Normal Department, [[Illinois State University|Illinois Normal School]], [[Geneseo, Illinois]]; director of State [[Normal school]], [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]; faculty member, [[University of Missouri]] (1904); organizer, Mississippi Normal School (1907); superintendent, Training School for Teachers, [[Springfield, Illinois]] (1912).<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" /> In this period she wrote for the Missouri State Courses of Study for Rural and Village Schools.<ref name="Wheatmark" />
Boehringer held several positions as instructor in Illinois and Missouri: director of the Normal Department, [[Illinois State University|Illinois Normal School]], [[Geneseo, Illinois]]; director of the [[Southeast Missouri State University|State Normal School]] in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]; faculty member at the [[University of Missouri]] (1904); organizer of the [[University of Southern Mississippi|Mississippi Normal School]] (1907); and superintendent of the Training School for Teachers, [[Springfield, Illinois]] (1912).<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" /> In this period she wrote for the Missouri State Courses of Study for Rural and Village Schools.<ref name="Wheatmark" />


While in the Midwest, Boehringer partecipated in the [[Women's suffrage]] movement.<ref name="Wheatmark" />
While in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]], Boehringer participated in the [[women's suffrage]] movement.<ref name="Wheatmark" />


In 1913 Boehringer was elected County [[Superintendent (education)|Superintendent of Schools]] in [[Yuma, Arizona]], the first woman to hold such an elective office in Arizona, a position she held until 1917.<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" /> She became President of the Arizona Council of Administrative Women in Education, a federation of female education workers, like high school department principals and heads, and county school superintendents.<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" />
In 1913, Boehringer was elected County [[Superintendent (education)|Superintendent of Schools]] in [[Yuma, Arizona]], the first woman to hold such an elective office in Arizona, a position she held until 1917.<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" /> She became president of the Arizona Council of Administrative Women in Education, an organization of female education workers, such as high school principals, department heads, and county school superintendents.<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" />


In 1916, 1922 and 1940, Boehringer ran for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, but was unsuccessful: the school superintendent was on the state Parole and Pardons Board and the majority of voters was not comfortable with the idea that women could decide on the fate of criminals.<ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
In 1916, 1922 and 1940, Boehringer ran for [[Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction]], but was unsuccessful because the school superintendent was on the state Parole and Pardons Board and the majority of voters was not comfortable with the idea that women could decide on the fate of criminals.<ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />


In 1917 Boehringer attended [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] to follow journalism courses and became an Educational journalist. She then bought the Arizona Teacher Magazine and became its editor until 1939 when she turned ownership of the magazine to the Arizona Education Association.<ref name="Petticoats" /> She was editor of the ''Arizona Patent-Teacher Bulletin'', the ''National Altrusian'', and the ''Arizona Geography'', and a free-lance writer on education and pioneer women. She was Vice-President for Arizona National League of American Pen Women, of which she organized the Arizona branches in Phoenix and Tucson. She contributed to ''Women in the Southwest'' and ''Biographies in Arizona Historical Review''.<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" /> She was chairman of educational broadcasts for the [[Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction|Arizona Department of Public Instruction]].<ref name="Wheatmark" />
In 1917, Boehringer attended the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]] to take journalism courses and became an educational journalist. She then bought the ''Arizona Teacher Magazine'' and served as its editor until 1939, when she turned over ownership of the magazine to the Arizona Education Association.<ref name="Petticoats" /> She was editor of the ''Arizona Patent–Teacher Bulletin'', the ''National Altrusian'', and ''Arizona Geography'', and a free-lance writer on education and pioneer women. She was vice president of the Arizona National League of American Pen Women, for which she organized the Arizona branches in Phoenix and Tucson. She contributed to ''Women in the Southwest'' and ''Biographies in Arizona Historical Review''.<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" /> She was chairman of educational broadcasts for the [[Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction|Arizona Department of Public Instruction]].<ref name="Wheatmark" />


In 1920 Boehringer was elected for two sessions to the [[State legislature (United States)]] and Chairman of [[United_States_House_Committee_on_Education_and_the_Workforce#Committee_on_Education_.281883.E2.80.931947.29|Committee on Education]], establishing the State School Board, the first per capita ($25 per schoolchild) funding of schools, and the legitimization of children born out of wedlock.<ref name="Petticoats" /> In 1933 she was appointed director of curriculum for the Department of Education, a position she held for six years.<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" /> In 1934 she was appointed president of the Arizona [[Parent-Teacher Association]].<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Trail" />
In 1921 and 1922, Boehringer served in the [[Arizona House of Representatives]] as a [[Arizona Democratic Party|Democrat]].<ref>Arizona State Library. [http://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Legislators/Person/133 Arizona Legislators Then & Now: Cora Louise Boehringer].</ref> She also served as chair of the Committee on Education, established the State School Board, created per capita funding for schools, and legitimized children born out of wedlock.<ref name="Petticoats" /> In 1933 she was appointed director of curriculum for the Department of Education, a position she held for six years.<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" /> In 1934 she was appointed president of the Arizona [[Parent-Teacher Association]].<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Trail" />


In 1926 Boehringer was legislative chairmain for the [[General Federation of Women's Clubs|Arizona Federation of Women's Clubs]]. She was President (for Arizona) of [[Business and Professional Women's Foundation|Business and Professional Women's Clubs]]: being a pioneer member since it was founded in 1919 in St. Louis, she was elected first president of the Arizona branch in 1921, re-elected in 1924. In both positions she helped working women to network and advocated for equal pay and education.<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
In 1926 Boehringer was legislative chairman for the [[General Federation of Women's Clubs|Arizona Federation of Women's Clubs]]. In 1919, she organized and was the first state president of the Arizona Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs in 1921 and served a second term as state president in 1924. In both positions, she helped working women to network and advocated for equal pay and education.<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Petticoats" />


Boehringer was involved in many other organizations:<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
Boehringer was involved in many other organizations:<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Hall of Fame" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
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* Founder of the State Council of Administrative Women in Education in 1915.
* Founder of the State Council of Administrative Women in Education in 1915.
* Chairman of the College Woman's Drive for Food Conservation, Arizona, in 1917.
* Chairman of the College Woman's Drive for Food Conservation, Arizona, in 1917.
* Secretary of the Arizona State Teacher's Association, 1919.
* Secretary of the [[American Teachers Association|Arizona State Teacher's Association]], 1919.
* Member of [[Altrusa International, Inc]].
* Member of [[Altrusa International, Inc]].
* Member of Delta Kappa Gamma
* Member of [[Delta Kappa Gamma]]
* Member of the [[Women's Suffrage League]]


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1912 C. Louise Boehringer moved to Yuma, Arizona, joining her brother, George, and parents who moved there in 1909, claiming a 40-acre ranch and establishing a dairy farm.<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
In 1912 C. Louise Boehringer moved to Yuma, Arizona, joining her brother, George, and parents who had moved there in 1909, claiming a 40-acre ranch and establishing a dairy farm.<ref name="Binheim" /><ref name="Trail" /><ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />


When in 1940 Boehringer lost for the third time in the run for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, she retired from public life and in 1953 she moved to Washington (state) with her sister-in-law.<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
When in 1940 Boehringer lost for the third time in the run for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, she retired from public life and in 1953 she moved to [[Washington (state)|Washington]] with her sister-in-law.<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />


She died in Seattle on September 11, 1956, and is buried at [[Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park]], Seattle.<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
She died in Seattle on September 11, 1956, and is buried at [[Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park]], Seattle.<ref name="Wheatmark" /><ref name="Petticoats" />
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===Sources===
* Arizona Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs: Women Who Made A Difference 1921–1968, Arizona Business and Professional Women's Foundation, Tucson, 1994.

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Latest revision as of 03:22, 15 December 2024

C. Louise Boehringer
Born
Cora Louise Boehringer

1878
Morrison, Illinois
DiedSeptember 11, 1956 (aged 77–78)
Seattle, Washington
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEducator
Known forFirst female superintendent of schools in Yuma County, Arizona

Cora Louise Boehringer (1878 – September 11, 1956) was an American educator who was the first female superintendent of schools in Yuma County, Arizona.[1][2] She has been called "the mother of the Arizona educational system".[1] In 2008 she was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.

Early life

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Cora Louise Boehringer was born in Morrison, Illinois, the daughter of Jacob F. Boehringer and Louise Greenawald, immigrants from Germany.[3][2][4][5]

Boehringer attended primary school in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1902 she graduated from DeKalb Normal School in DeKalb, Illinois. She then attended teacher colleges in Illinois and Missouri. She studied and received degrees from Columbia University (B.S. in education, 1911), Columbia Teacher's College (professional certification in elementary supervision, 1911) and California State University at Berkeley (M.A. in education, 1930).[4][5][2][3]

Career

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1) C. Louise Boehringer, 2) Mattie L. Williams, 3) Maie Bartlett Heard, 4) Margaret Wheeler Ross, 5) Edith O. Kitt

Boehringer held several positions as instructor in Illinois and Missouri: director of the Normal Department, Illinois Normal School, Geneseo, Illinois; director of the State Normal School in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; faculty member at the University of Missouri (1904); organizer of the Mississippi Normal School (1907); and superintendent of the Training School for Teachers, Springfield, Illinois (1912).[4][5][2][3] In this period she wrote for the Missouri State Courses of Study for Rural and Village Schools.[2]

While in the Midwest, Boehringer participated in the women's suffrage movement.[2]

In 1913, Boehringer was elected County Superintendent of Schools in Yuma, Arizona, the first woman to hold such an elective office in Arizona, a position she held until 1917.[2][3] She became president of the Arizona Council of Administrative Women in Education, an organization of female education workers, such as high school principals, department heads, and county school superintendents.[4][1]

In 1916, 1922 and 1940, Boehringer ran for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, but was unsuccessful because the school superintendent was on the state Parole and Pardons Board and the majority of voters was not comfortable with the idea that women could decide on the fate of criminals.[1][2][3]

In 1917, Boehringer attended the University of Illinois to take journalism courses and became an educational journalist. She then bought the Arizona Teacher Magazine and served as its editor until 1939, when she turned over ownership of the magazine to the Arizona Education Association.[3] She was editor of the Arizona Patent–Teacher Bulletin, the National Altrusian, and Arizona Geography, and a free-lance writer on education and pioneer women. She was vice president of the Arizona National League of American Pen Women, for which she organized the Arizona branches in Phoenix and Tucson. She contributed to Women in the Southwest and Biographies in Arizona Historical Review.[4][1][5][2][3] She was chairman of educational broadcasts for the Arizona Department of Public Instruction.[2]

In 1921 and 1922, Boehringer served in the Arizona House of Representatives as a Democrat.[6] She also served as chair of the Committee on Education, established the State School Board, created per capita funding for schools, and legitimized children born out of wedlock.[3] In 1933 she was appointed director of curriculum for the Department of Education, a position she held for six years.[2][3] In 1934 she was appointed president of the Arizona Parent-Teacher Association.[4][1][5]

In 1926 Boehringer was legislative chairman for the Arizona Federation of Women's Clubs. In 1919, she organized and was the first state president of the Arizona Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs in 1921 and served a second term as state president in 1924. In both positions, she helped working women to network and advocated for equal pay and education.[4][1][5][3]

Boehringer was involved in many other organizations:[2][4][1][5][3]

Personal life

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In 1912 C. Louise Boehringer moved to Yuma, Arizona, joining her brother, George, and parents who had moved there in 1909, claiming a 40-acre ranch and establishing a dairy farm.[4][5][2][3]

When in 1940 Boehringer lost for the third time in the run for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, she retired from public life and in 1953 she moved to Washington with her sister-in-law.[2][3]

She died in Seattle on September 11, 1956, and is buried at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "C. Louise Boehringer (1878–1956)". Arizona Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Warneka, Brenda Kimsey; Payne, June P.; Roe, Sheila; Stevenson, Pam Knight; McFarland, Lois; Hughes, Carol (2016). Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists 1912–2012. Wheatmark, Inc. p. 208. ISBN 9781627874069. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Brown, Wynne (2012). More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Arizona Women. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 159. ISBN 9780762783977. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A. (1928). Women of the West: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Living Eminent Women in the Eleven Western States of the United States of America. Los Angeles: Publishers Press. p. 5. Retrieved August 6, 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "C. Louise Boehringer (b. 1878, d. 1956)". Arizona Womens Heritage Trail. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Arizona State Library. Arizona Legislators Then & Now: Cora Louise Boehringer.

Sources

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  • Arizona Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs: Women Who Made A Difference 1921–1968, Arizona Business and Professional Women's Foundation, Tucson, 1994.
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