Historical Essay
Quinney, Electa, 1802-1885
Stockbridge-Munsee public school teacher; began teaching in Kaukauna in 1828, established first Wisconsin public school open to all children.
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[Source: Brown, Victoria. Uncommon Lives of Common Women (Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Feminists Project Fund, 1975)]