The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11
WOMEN TEACHERS.
The salaries Paid to seme Of the Leading
q - Ones In the Countrx.


Public school teaching would appear.
TO be very remuneratives occupation
for women. and il the. were always
paid according to tie Importance Of
their positions they might be counted
among the FORUM. e ones OF creation.
But 1t Is the frequent claim OF -meii==
II not openly It lcas. covcrtly-that
women ought not to receive the same
recognition themselves for services
rendered. and they have to pay the
penalty for belonging to the gentler
sex.
Miss Agnes Y. Humphrey stands
out as the one example. either in New
York or Brooklyn. Of woman who
has been able to obtain the sum-of 3d.
00oa year as principal Of q school.
She Is a woman OF -.staunchs char
acter, u winning personality and a
capability that is rarely found. She
had position in one OF the publ {
schools of Brooklyn for many years.
where it was decided by the local
authorities that when teacher in a
certain grade had-se9 papils-their
salaries should be increased $50 year
until it reached So. 900 Miss Humphrey
was one who came under that rule.
and in spite of opposition kept her
place she won the coveted 81, 600.
In New York the usual price paid TO
women principals is $500. Men in
the same position receive $500. Is
the discrepancy in the salary Of the
women justified. 1fhc special teachers,
whether men or women. are paid a
uniform price in all the public schools
that is. ~ an hour. II all the hours
OF the school year are occupied tin
sures an income OF ~, 900.
Miss Lydia T. Wadleigh, the super
intendent OF the Normal College in
New York. who died recently, was the
recipient OF e, 400a year. and the lady
who has succeeded her receives the
same amount Mrs. Della 1.athrop
Williams, OF Cincinnati. and Miss
Harriet Morris, Of Brooklyn. gradu-
ates Il the Oswego Normal College.
each receive 81. 900.
The largest salaries paid to d woman
in the schools OF Philadelphia is 81, 800
In Boston the salaries paid to women
average less than those of New York
and Philadelphia The principal OF
the Horace Mann school for the dfAi
hi that city receives 1880 a year.
The assistant principals ~of= 1.-The high
schools have also 81, 800. Chicago has
a better showing for teachers in public
schools. There are three assistant
superintendent who receive 5000
each. and nine principals Of grammar
schools who receive 2if7J year.
Special teacher receive from $ly6ee
to e, 900 annually. Mrs. Mary Lowe
Dickinson, OF the Denver university
is one Of the few women in this coun-
try who is carrying full professor
ship, and whose labors ara we'll re.
munerated.
"A new occupation for woman Ii
Ithat OF being u clergyman's assistant
She accepts the duties which would
naturally fall upon the wife OF Il parsor
in a country town, but which must b.
much too arduous for the wife OF i
minister OF city4parish. The ..as
sisfantn receives the salary OF an or.
F.dinary school teaeher-about 81. 900
She visits the sick, goes TO funerals
and lends a helping hand in cases o.
need in the homes OF both the poo,
and the rich. She is naturally q
woman of ready sympathy, unobtrus
i've and of unruffied temper. -Balti
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