Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-16
WOMEN TEACHERS
'~'Af'ss Paid to some Of ~.

The Salaries Paid 10 sn
One. IN the coaasr, The Ls.al.,
! Public u school teaching wou,a I.
70 De a very remuneratiye oaa appear
ior women, and II they ~. s'upalia
paid according to the imp sar s'san
.helr positions they might b. ' aa q
among the fortunate ones ., = s0untsd
But it is the frequent claim y s,Featlea
II not openly at least coys. !, nea-
women ought not to receive ~ that
recognition themselves q. a's sane
rendered. and they have T. ~, services
sex. 'ne gentIer
Miss Agnes Y. Humphrey a.,
out as the one example, eitbs. !, s'aad'
York or Brooklyn. Of a worsa u New
mas mas been able to obtain the sum a.' sa'
ooo a year as principal Of q ~ :. "
She Is a woman of staunsh ''nooi
acter' a winning personality .u sai1'
capaolilty that is rarely found ''a !,
had a position in one Of tha ' On, sas
schools of Brooklyn for manv INV puole
where it was decided by the s1 aug,
authorities that when te,ohs i0cal
certain grade had 300 puuils ~ u
salaries should be increased s,( i. ' r
until it Preached $1,000. Miss Humasss sa'
was one who came under ~, pu'sy
and in spite of opposition kea, 'a y
place until she won the coveted r r. o ss'
In New York the usual prics n ps;sa
women principals is $500. M rsa
the same position receive S.5O0 =
the discrepancy in the salary n -
women justified. The special teacbo ~
whether men or women, are MA
uniform price in all the public scboola
that is, ~ an hour. If all tba has
OF the school year are occupied lin
sures an income of 1900.
Miss Lydia F. Wadleigh, the s,,Do,
intendent of the Normal College !,
New York. who died recently was m
recipient of 81, 400 a year, and tbelsds
who has succeeded her receives NJ
same amount. Mrs. Della I.atb,on
Williams, of Cincinnati, and mr.
Harriet Morris, Of Brooklyn, grada
ates OF the Oswego Normal Collar
each receive $4,000.
I
The largest salaries pail to woman
in the schools OF Philadelphia is 81 sIO
In Boston the salaries paid to woma,
average less than those of New York
and Philadelphia The principal Of
the Horace Mann school for the deal
in that city receives $500 year.
The assistant principals of the hieb
schools have also $1,000 Chicago ha,
better showing for teachers in public
schools. There are three assistant
superintendent who receive 5000
each, and nine principals of grammar
schools who receive s2,l75 a year
Special teachers receive from $3.50
to 81, 800 annually. Mrs. Mary Lowe
Dickinson, of the Denver university
is one of the few women in this coun-
try who is carrying a full professor
ship, and whose labors are well re,
Enumerated.
A new occupa ion for a woman is
that of being a clergyman's assistant
She accepts the duties which would
naturally fall upon the wife of pirsOn
in a country town. but which must be
much too arduous for the wife Of a
minister of city parish. The as
sistant" receives the salary OF an Or
binary school teacher-about 81 CO.
She visits the sick, goes to funerals
and lends n helping hand in eases Of
need in the homes Of both the poor
and the rich. She is naturally
woman of ready sympathy, unobfru'
i've and of unruffied temper -Balll
more Herald.