Emma B. Alrich

Emma B. Alrich
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornEmma B. Eldridge
April 4, 1845
Cape May County, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedDecember 15, 1925(1925-12-15) (aged 80)
Cawker City, Kansas, U.S.
Resting placePrairie Grove Cemetery, Cawker City
Occupationjournalist, author, educator
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materState Normal School (now The College of New Jersey)
Spouse
Levi L. Alrich
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(m. 1886)​

Emma B. Alrich (née, Eldridge; April 4, 1845 – December 15, 1925) was an American journalist, author, and educator. She was born in New Jersey and moved to Kansas after marrying. Alrich served as Filing Clerk of the Kansas Legislature,[1] and was the only woman in her day to serve as superintendent of the city schools of Mitchell County, Kansas. She was a charter member of the National Woman's Relief Corps, as well as its national senior vice-president. She was the department president of Kansas,[2] and charter member of the organization in 1883 at Denver, Colorado.[3] Eldridge died in 1925.

  1. ^ Legislative Assembly of the State of Kansas 1925, p. 34.
  2. ^ Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.) 1924, p. 39.
  3. ^ Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.), Department of Kansas 1915, p. 197.