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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
BornApril 13, 1868
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedJuly 1952 (age 84)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation(s)Educator, school administrator

Anna Laura Force (April 13, 1868 – July 1952) was an American educator and school administrator, based in Denver, Colorado.

Early life and education

Force was born in Denver. 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. She was active in the National Education Association (NEA) at the national level. She was a Colorado delegate to the 1917 meeting in Oregon. She was president of Colorado's 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, and 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.

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. ^ "About". Force Elementary. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  2. "Good English is Aim of Lake Jr". The Rocky Mountain News. March 18, 1928. p. 40 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  3. "Latest Methods Heard in Educators' Discussion". Oakland Tribune. 1917-07-10. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Who's Who and What They Do". Journal of Education. 94: 353. October 13, 1921.
  5. "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.
  6. "State P.T.A. Takes Stand Against Amendment No. 1". Colorado School Journal. 40 (2): 12. October 1924.
  7. "Director Anna Laura Force". Colorado School Journal. 40 (3): 34. November 1924.
  8. "Report of State Board of Land Commissioners to the School Lands Committee". Colorado School Journal. 40 (6): 14–15. February 1925.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. "Miss Force Chairman of National Committee". Colorado School Journal. 45 (2): 44. October 1929.
  11. "Nominations of N.E.A." Lincoln Journal Star. 1933-07-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Teachers Map New Policies; Hold Election". The Rock Island Argus. 1933-07-07. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Denver School Class Adopts Cargo Vessel". Tucson Citizen. 1957-06-28. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-01-04 – via Newspapers.com.
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