Effie Hoffman Rogers
Effie Hoffman Rogers (, Hoffman; May 13, 1853/55 – February 7, 1918) was an American educator, editor and journalist. For several terms, she was elected county superintendent of the public schools of Mahaska County, Iowa, the first woman ever elected to that office in that county. She was also at the head of the board of education of the Oskaloosa schools, resigning her presidency of the board upon her removal to Colorado in later life. Rogers was also prominent in the "women's club" movement. Rogers was for a number of years the editor of the ''P.E.O. Record'', the national official organ of the supreme chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was engaged in this work while a resident in Oskaloosa, Iowa and under her management, the magazine came into prominence. Rogers was acquainted with editorial work earlier in her life through other affiliations. She was for a considerable time the associate editor of the ''Oskaloosa Times''. The knowledge gained in newspaper work added to h ...
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A Woman Of The Century
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''a'' (pronounced ), plural English alphabet#Letter names, ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Greek alphabet#History, Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The Letter case, uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, "English articles, a", and its variant "English articles#Indefinite article, an", are Article (grammar)#Indefinite article, indefinite arti ...
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