The San Francisco call., 1899-07-11
MISS ESTELLE REEL.
Woman Educator Who May Become
WYoming's Governor.

Miss Estelle Reel of Wyoming who was
appointed Superintendent of Indian Schools
by President Mckinley, has a personality
and a career well calculated to give joy
to the man or woman who is hopeful for
the future of the gentler sex. Miss Reel
is the kind of woman voter and woman
reformer to which the equal suffragis of
either sex delights to point. Pretty, gem
tie, educated, broad-minded, progressive,
she is possessed of a healthy egotism that
stands up for its own rights, while it is
never forgotful of the rights of others
The new Indian School Superintendent is
first of all amply able to fill this impor-
tant government post.
1t must be remembered that woman suf-
frage is no bizarre idea in the upland
country of Wyoming, where the breezes
blow fresh and the men are more honest
than they are in the Eastern cities and at
low elevations. In Wyoming a woman is
regarded as capable of being as sensible
as wise and as learned as man. The
be organic there. That is why Miss Reel
is so widely admired and why she has so
much influence.
That fact. too. explains why the people
of Wyoming have seriously considered
Miss Reel for their Governor. Two years
ago she had a grand boom for the nomfn-
alton for Governor of Wyoming That is
to say, her friends then laid plans for her
nomination during the approaching fall.
In 1896 Miss Reel was ineligible for the
position of Governor of Wyoming The
Governor must be at least 80 and at that
time Miss Reel was only 90. She has now
the age qualification and her friends be-
lieve she has all the other qualifications
as we'll But Miss Reel herself takes
sensible view of the matter. She disclaims
the ability to manage the affairs of a
State as well as the best man that Wyom-
ing can find. She says that she does not
desire to be Governor. According to her.
the women of Wyoming (who poll half the
vote of the State, by the way will be
satisfied with one of the six State offices
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of State Superintendent of Public In
struction.
Miss Reel prepared herself for the pro-
fession of educator in the schools of
Chicago st. Louis and Boston She did
no little work in that line in Chicago be-
fore coming West to grow UP with the
country. She began her career in Chey-
enne as a teacher in one of the public
schools there, and her talent brought her
rapidly to the top. She was promoted
first to be the Superintendent of Instrua-
ton for Laramie County-the most i'm
portant under-postion of its kind in the
State. For foul years she filled that posi-
ton admirably. Then she was made State
Superintendent, and now she is given the
highly important post of Superintendent
of Indian Schools.
In her capacity as Superintendent Of IN
structiCn for Wyoming Miss Reel has held
the eX 0ffCio position of secretary of the
state Board of Charities. The duties Of
this board are to conserve the State char
liable and penal institutions. She has also
served eX-CfIiciC as secretary of the State
Land Board. which has charge of the
grants of land made to the State by Cor
gress. Miss Reel has been very active in
the matter of this land, and has fathere1
several plans for its utilization. AS se,-
retary ard register of the board she has
distributed several hundreds of thous sands
of dollars, received as rent from public
lands. among the charitable and eduCa-
tional Institutions of the State When She
became register the office was paying into
the State treasury about 800 per week;
in the course of year or two she had
brought the returns up to $1,000 per week