DID YOU KNOW...
Colorado
Organization of
Superintendents'
Assistants
In early Colorado history, county superintendents were elected at large at the regular biennial election. There were no educational qualifications and the salaries varied from $100 to $2,800 per year. As noted by James H. Baker, editor of History of Colorado, "While the county superintendent is charged with many duties which would seem to indicate that he has a great deal of control over education in the county, in reality he has little real authority. His function is advisory only and the authority in the conduct of public school affairs is exercised chiefly by the directors of each district."
We've come a long way since then...mostly due to policy governance!
Source: History of Colorado, Volume I. James H. Baker, Editor.
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Men dominated the secretarial field until the late 1880s. With the invention of the writing machine, many women entered the office workforce in various clerical roles. During the industrial expansion at the turn of the century, business offices faced a paperwork crisis. Women solved the crisis by adapting well to new technologies such as the adding and calculating machine, telephone, and typewriter. Many women held, or aspired to hold, positions as secretaries. They attended secretarial schools and worked to attain superior skills. The demand for secretaries was so great that it outpaced the supply. In the 1930s, the number of men with the title secretary dwindled. Women dominated the office workforce. Some were promoted from steno pools, some were graduates of business colleges or secretarial schools, but all were seeking the professional status and pay previously enjoyed by their male counterparts.
