The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
SOMETHING OF MISS BISHOP.

Miss Bishop is a woman of whom all Alabama women have just right to be proud. She was recently appointed one of the State Board of Examiners for public school teachers-a position never held by a woman in Alabama before. Something of the life of a woman whose merit has been thus recognized will be of interest to all Alabamians.
 Miss Bishop is a daughter of the late MT. John Nicholas Bishop. a native of Alabama, who was a true and brave Confederate soldier who died in the army. Her mother was Miss Lamrincy J. Har- Hale County. who died a few years ago in his ninety-third year.
 Miss Bishop was first instructed under MT. James W. Murfee, the father of Col. J. T. Murfee, President Of the Marion Military Institute. Afterward she was taught by the late Dr. Henry Tutwiler whose daughter, Miss Julia Tutwiler, Is now the President of the Livingston Nor nal College. Her next preceptor was ex-Superintendent John O. Turner. who was principal of the school at Springville, Ala. Finishing her studies under Profes- sor Turner, she received a State scholar ship in the Peabody Normal at Nash vile, Tenn, where she took the degree of L. I. After she returned to Alabama she taught a country school in Tuscaloo- Sd County, and two years in the city graded schools of Tuscaloosa. Her next engagement was in the Livingston Nor nal College, where she held a dual place, that of pupil and teacher in the primary department. During this period she stud jed both ancient and modern languages. At the expiration of these years she re- turned to the Peabody Normal University of Nashville and received, after one years course. the degree pf B. S., the first woman to receive that degree from this institution.
 fish, science, mathematics, Latin, Ger man and French and a partial course in Greek and Spanish, she again became a teacher in the Livingston Normal Col lege over which Miss Tutwiler presided
 The ambition of Miss Bishops life has been to reach the highest educational de- gree of which she was capable. Reared by a widowed mother, who was bereaved of her husband by the civil war, and at a time when the social and political con- ditions of the State were undergoing change, Miss Bishop had a struggle that but few have experienced. Her deter
 lination to master the situation and tri-
 ,rnph in her undertaking has marked her IS a woman of rare mental endowment coupled with the wonderful capacity to take pains."
 Miss Bishop springs from a splendid ancestry. Her grandfather Page Harris, together with his wife and kindred, came to Alabama from North Carolina in 1918 and in 1924 entered the land from the United States government, now owned by Miss Bishops mother. who still lives at the old home. Miss Bishops father was grandson of Major Gabriel Long, an- other of the first settlers of Alabama, coming from Maryland the early part of the nineteenth century. He was great grandson of Colonel Dixson who com manded a regiment from South Carolina in the Revolutionary War.
 Personally Miss Bishop is modest and retiring. self contained, well balanced. and thoughtful. A woman of thoroughly attractive personality she wins friends by her sweet woma nliness as well as commanding admiration by her intellec- tual attachments.
 A very prominent and influential man in discussing Miss Bishops appointment the other day said the following concern ing it.
 '"The appointment of d woman to such an important trust in the State is the be- l ginning of a new epoch in State life. As 75 per cent of the teachers are women 1t is eminently proper and fitting that one of their sex should be member of the Board that passes upon their qualified tions.
 No one knows better the mind and nature and fitness of women for any place than woman herself. Hence the wisdom and good Judgment of Superin- tendent Gunnels in conferring the honor on Miss Bishop. We recognize in this move in tht right direction and shall hail the day with delight when women will be promoted to the office of County Su- perintendents and called on to preside over our high schools and colleges as well as the country schools. It will be conceded that as a class, women are more patient and pains-taking and &C., curate than they are given credit.
 Let us herald the day with rejoicing when our women are given equal chance with men along all lines of work in all departments of service that is in keep
 
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