Catherine Atkinson Bell (June 29, 1907February 25, 2003) was an American educator.

Life

She was educated at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...

, the

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the university in Texas with over 47,000 students. Its campus, which is primarily in s ...

and the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

. She taught school for eleven years in the

Houston Independent School District The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and ...

and was principal for Port Houston Elementary School for three and a half years. Bell was Assistant Director of Elementary Education for 14 years and Director of Elementary Education for nine years. She also served as Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Schools for Area IV, and as Assistant Superintendent for Basic Skills, K-12. Bell was a member of the White House conference on Education in 1955 and 1960. She also served as a member of the Board of Examiners on Teacher Education and of the Texas Commission on Science. She was elected president of the Texas State Teachers Association in 1954. Kate Bell Elementary School was named in her honour. Bell was inducted into the

Texas Women's Hall of Fame The Texas Women's Hall of Fame was established in 1984 by the Governor's Commission on Women. The honorees are selected biennially from submissions from the public. The honorees must be either native Texans, or a resident of Texas at the time of th ...

in 1984.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Kate Atkinson 1907 births 2003 deaths Educators from Texas American women educators Baylor University alumni University of Chicago alumni University of Houston alumni 20th-century American women 21st-century American women