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== Early life and education == == Early life and education ==
Force was born in Denver, the daughter of John E. Force and Matilda Force Stewart. She graduated from the ] (CSCE), with further studies at ] and the ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://force.dpsk12.org/about-our-school/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Force Elementary |language=en}}</ref> Force was born in Denver, the daughter of John E. Force and Matilda Ann Ellis Force (later Stewart).<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 9, 1936 |title=Funeral Service for Pioneer to be Held Friday |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19360709-01.2.175&srpos=73&e=-------en-20--61--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Anna+Laura+Force-------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=11 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref> She graduated from the ] (CSCE), with further studies at ] and the ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://force.dpsk12.org/about-our-school/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Force Elementary |language=en}}</ref>


== Career == == Career ==
Force was a teacher and school principal in Denver.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 18, 1928 |title=Good English is Aim of Lake Jr. |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19280318-01.2.512&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=40 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1931-05-14 |title=Luncheon for Miss Force; Prominent N.E.A. Members to be Guest of Woman's Educational Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-luncheon-for-miss-f/163295384/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |pages=20 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was active in the National Education Association (NEA) at the national level.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1917-07-10 |title=Latest Methods Heard in Educators' Discussion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-latest-methods-heard-in/138031527/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com|pages=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 13, 1921 |title=Who's Who and What They Do |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8wBAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22Anna%20Laura%20Force%22&pg=PA353#v=onepage&q=%22Anna%20Laura%20Force%22&f=false |journal=Journal of Education |volume=94 |pages=353}}</ref> She was a Colorado delegate to the 1917 meeting in Oregon.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1917-07-02 |title=N.E.A. Convention Delegates to VIsit Portland in Force |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal-nea-conventi/138043323/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=The Oregon Daily Journal |pages=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was president of the Colorado Education Association<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 12, 1933 |title=Anna L. Force Candidate for National Post |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19330312-01.2.88&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Anna+Laura+Force-------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=6 |via=Colorado Digital Newspapers Collection}}</ref> and the State Congress of Parents and Teachers,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 1924 |title=State P.T.A. Takes Stand Against Amendment No. 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0MwAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Colorado%20School%20Journal&pg=RA1-PP8#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Laura%20Force&f=false |journal=Colorado School Journal |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=12}}</ref> and became director of the Eastern Division of the Colorado Education Association in 1924.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=November 1924 |title=Director Anna Laura Force |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0MwAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Colorado%20School%20Journal&pg=RA2-PA34#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Laura%20Force&f=false |journal=Colorado School Journal |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=34}}</ref> She chaired the school lands committee in 1925,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=February 1925 |title=Report of State Board of Land Commissioners to the School Lands Committee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0MwAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Colorado%20School%20Journal&pg=RA5-PA14#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Laura%20Force&f=false |journal=Colorado School Journal |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=14–15}}</ref> and the retirement committee in 1931.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1931-05-15 |title=Leads Retirement Group; Anna Laura Force, Denver, will Address Teachers Club Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-leads-retirement-gr/138031320/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |via=Newspapers.com|pages=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 1929 |title=Miss Force Chairman of National Committee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZc47XoG4KsC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22Anna%20Laura%20Force%22&pg=RA1-PA44#v=onepage&q=%22Anna%20Laura%20Force%22&f=false |journal=Colorado School Journal |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=44}}</ref> When the ] met in Denver in 1931, she was hospitality chair.<ref name=":0" /> She was nominated for national NEA president in 1933, but lost the election to ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1933-07-04 |title=Nominations of N.E.A. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-nominations-of-ne/138031147/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1933-07-07 |title=Teachers Map New Policies; Hold Election |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-teachers-map-new-p/138031800/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=The Rock Island Argus |pages=18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1936, she was named to the executive board of the National Council of Education.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-06-28 |title=Teachers Pour into Portland for Huge Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-teachers-pour-into-por/163325348/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |work=Statesman Journal |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Force was a teacher and school principal in Denver.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 18, 1928 |title=Good English is Aim of Lake Jr. |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19280318-01.2.512&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=40 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1931-05-14 |title=Luncheon for Miss Force; Prominent N.E.A. Members to be Guest of Woman's Educational Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-luncheon-for-miss-f/163295384/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |pages=20 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1914, Force became the first woman to conduct the Denver Normal Institute, an annual two-week teacher training program.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 1914 |title=Normal Institute Names Woman to be Conductor |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19140606-01.2.51&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Anna+Laura+Force-------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=3 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref> She was president of the Colorado Education Association<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 12, 1933 |title=Anna L. Force Candidate for National Post |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19330312-01.2.88&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Anna+Laura+Force-------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=6 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref> and the State Congress of Parents and Teachers,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 1924 |title=State P.T.A. Takes Stand Against Amendment No. 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0MwAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Colorado%20School%20Journal&pg=RA1-PP8#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Laura%20Force&f=false |journal=Colorado School Journal |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=12}}</ref> and became director of the Eastern Division of the Colorado Education Association in 1924.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=November 1924 |title=Director Anna Laura Force |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0MwAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Colorado%20School%20Journal&pg=RA2-PA34#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Laura%20Force&f=false |journal=Colorado School Journal |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=34}}</ref> She chaired the school lands committee in 1925,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=February 1925 |title=Report of State Board of Land Commissioners to the School Lands Committee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0MwAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Colorado%20School%20Journal&pg=RA5-PA14#v=onepage&q=Anna%20Laura%20Force&f=false |journal=Colorado School Journal |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=14–15}}</ref> She told a '']'' in 1929, "My real joy in work comes from direct contact with boys and girls in whom I have so much confidence."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Margaret |date=February 16, 1929 |title=Denver Teacher Tells Joy She Finds in Labors; Anna Laura Force Will Attend National Convention in Cleveland |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19290216-01.2.135&srpos=7&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Anna+Laura+Force-------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=10 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref>

Force was active in the National Education Association (NEA) at the national level.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1917-07-10 |title=Latest Methods Heard in Educators' Discussion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-latest-methods-heard-in/138031527/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 13, 1921 |title=Who's Who and What They Do |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8wBAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22Anna%20Laura%20Force%22&pg=PA353#v=onepage&q=%22Anna%20Laura%20Force%22&f=false |journal=Journal of Education |volume=94 |pages=353}}</ref> She was a Colorado delegate to the 1917 NEA meeting in Oregon.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1917-07-02 |title=N.E.A. Convention Delegates to VIsit Portland in Force |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal-nea-conventi/138043323/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=The Oregon Daily Journal |pages=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1923 she was chosen to be one of the NEA's vice presidents.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 6, 1923 |title=Denver Educator Given Office in National Society |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19230706-01.2.221&srpos=8&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Anna+Laura+Force-------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=16 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref> She chaired the retirement committee in 1931.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1931-05-15 |title=Leads Retirement Group; Anna Laura Force, Denver, will Address Teachers Club Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-leads-retirement-gr/138031320/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |via=Newspapers.com|pages=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 1929 |title=Miss Force Chairman of National Committee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZc47XoG4KsC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22Anna%20Laura%20Force%22&pg=RA1-PA44#v=onepage&q=%22Anna%20Laura%20Force%22&f=false |journal=Colorado School Journal |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=44}}</ref> When the ] met in Denver in 1931, she was hospitality chair.<ref name=":0" /> She was nominated for national NEA president in 1933, but lost the election to ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1933-07-04 |title=Nominations of N.E.A. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-nominations-of-ne/138031147/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1933-07-07 |title=Teachers Map New Policies; Hold Election |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-teachers-map-new-p/138031800/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=The Rock Island Argus |pages=18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She served on the executive board of the National Council of Education.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1927 |title=Convention is Described by Educator |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19270804-01.2.152&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Anna+Laura+Force-------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=10 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-06-28 |title=Teachers Pour into Portland for Huge Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-teachers-pour-into-por/163325348/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |work=Statesman Journal |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

In 1934, Force and ] were described as "original brain-trusters" by federal official ], who commended both women's contributions to the prosperity of Colorado.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holmes |first=George Sanford |date=July 4, 1934 |title=Two Colorado Women Hailed as Educators |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19340704-01.2.32&srpos=15&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Anna+Laura+Force-------0------ |work=The Rocky Mountain News |pages=2 |via=Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection}}</ref>


== Publications == == Publications ==
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American educator
Anna Laura Force
A white woman wearing a large black hat with a brim, and a light-colored suitAnna Laura Force, from a 1924 publication
Born(1868-04-13)April 13, 1868
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedJuly 1952(1952-07-00) (aged 84)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupations
  • educator
  • school administrator

Anna Laura Force (April 13, 1868 – July 1952) was an American educator and school administrator, based in Denver, Colorado. She was president of the Colorado Education Association, and was nominated for president of the National Education Association (NEA) in 1933.

Early life and education

Force was born in Denver, the daughter of John E. Force and Matilda Ann Ellis Force (later Stewart). She graduated from the Colorado State College of Education (CSCE), with further studies at Columbia University and the University of California.

Career

Force was a teacher and school principal in Denver. In 1914, Force became the first woman to conduct the Denver Normal Institute, an annual two-week teacher training program. She was president of the Colorado Education Association and the State Congress of Parents and Teachers, and became director of the Eastern Division of the Colorado Education Association in 1924. She chaired the school lands committee in 1925, She told a The Rocky Mountain News in 1929, "My real joy in work comes from direct contact with boys and girls in whom I have so much confidence."

Force was active in the National Education Association (NEA) at the national level. She was a Colorado delegate to the 1917 NEA meeting in Oregon. In 1923 she was chosen to be one of the NEA's vice presidents. She chaired the retirement committee in 1931. When the World Federation of Education Associations met in Denver in 1931, she was hospitality chair. She was nominated for national NEA president in 1933, but lost the election to Jessie Gray. She served on the executive board of the National Council of Education.

In 1934, Force and Mary C. C. Bradford were described as "original brain-trusters" by federal official Oscar Chapman, who commended both women's contributions to the prosperity of Colorado.

Publications

  • "The Kindergarten as an Organic Part of Every Elementary School" (1919)

Personal life and legacy

Force died in 1952, at the age of 84, in Denver. A school in Denver was named for her.

References

  1. "Funeral Service for Pioneer to be Held Friday". The Rocky Mountain News. July 9, 1936. p. 11 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  2. ^ "About". Force Elementary. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  3. "Good English is Aim of Lake Jr". The Rocky Mountain News. March 18, 1928. p. 40 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  4. "Luncheon for Miss Force; Prominent N.E.A. Members to be Guest of Woman's Educational Club". Lincoln Journal Star. 1931-05-14. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-01-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Normal Institute Names Woman to be Conductor". The Rocky Mountain News. June 6, 1914. p. 3 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  6. "Anna L. Force Candidate for National Post". The Rocky Mountain News. March 12, 1933. p. 6 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  7. "State P.T.A. Takes Stand Against Amendment No. 1". Colorado School Journal. 40 (2): 12. October 1924.
  8. "Director Anna Laura Force". Colorado School Journal. 40 (3): 34. November 1924.
  9. "Report of State Board of Land Commissioners to the School Lands Committee". Colorado School Journal. 40 (6): 14–15. February 1925.
  10. Smith, Margaret (February 16, 1929). "Denver Teacher Tells Joy She Finds in Labors; Anna Laura Force Will Attend National Convention in Cleveland". The Rocky Mountain News. p. 10 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  11. "Latest Methods Heard in Educators' Discussion". Oakland Tribune. 1917-07-10. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Who's Who and What They Do". Journal of Education. 94: 353. October 13, 1921.
  13. "N.E.A. Convention Delegates to VIsit Portland in Force". The Oregon Daily Journal. 1917-07-02. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Denver Educator Given Office in National Society". The Rocky Mountain News. July 6, 1923. p. 16 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  15. ^ "Leads Retirement Group; Anna Laura Force, Denver, will Address Teachers Club Here". Lincoln Journal Star. 1931-05-15. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Miss Force Chairman of National Committee". Colorado School Journal. 45 (2): 44. October 1929.
  17. "Nominations of N.E.A." Lincoln Journal Star. 1933-07-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Teachers Map New Policies; Hold Election". The Rock Island Argus. 1933-07-07. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Convention is Described by Educator". The Rocky Mountain News. August 4, 1927. p. 10 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  20. "Teachers Pour into Portland for Huge Meet". Statesman Journal. 1936-06-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-01-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. Holmes, George Sanford (July 4, 1934). "Two Colorado Women Hailed as Educators". The Rocky Mountain News. p. 2 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  22. Force, Anna Laura (January 1919). "The Kindergarten as an Organic Part of Every Elementary School". The Kindergarten and First Grade. 4 (1): 18–19.
  23. "Denver School Class Adopts Cargo Vessel". Tucson Citizen. 1957-06-28. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
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