Biography
Eugenia was born January 17, 1844, in North Clarkson, Monroe County, New York to Joseph Lacy Wheeler and Sarah Ann Peck. In 1859, her parents decided to move to Winona, Minnesota. Ten years later, she graduated at the state's Normal school. Her school employed Eugenia after graduation and she worked there for eight years. When she left, she had a rank of first assistant. Eugenia then held teaching positions in a teachers' training school and in various state institutes. She was also a state inspector of training schools for teachers in Minnesota. An account cited that she worked for two years under the State Superintendent of Schools, teaching patriotism and good citizenship to teachers and students. In 1894, she ran for the Minneapolis school board. Although she lost, Eugenia was endorsed by the Prohibitionist, Populist, andWorks
In 1876, Eugenia wrote ''Minnesota, Its Geography, History, and Resources''. The book was later adopted in all common and graded schools in her state. The text was considered groundbreaking for combining history, resources, and geography, an idea later used by other textbook publishers in the United States. Prior to her marriage, she was already the creator of historical wall maps that included historical events of countries. Together with her husband, Eugenia completed the ''Goff's Historical Map of the Spanish-American War in the West Indies, 1898.'' It was published in 1899 shortly after the signing of theReferences
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