Grow, Esther Mae Christensen, 1891-1993
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - 1993
Biography
Esther Mae Christensen Grow was born in 1891 to Andrew and Mary Christensen, two Danish immigrants. She and her eight siblings grew up on several farms in western Iowa and Nebraska. At sixteen, she passed the state teacher's examinations and began teaching in a one-room country school. After four years as a social worker in Chicago and Omaha, Grow returned to Iowa and received her college degree from Iowa State Teacher's College (now the University of Northern Iowa). During the time she was a teacher and a principal in an Iowa consolidated high school, Grow married and had four children.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Esther Mae Christensen Grow memoir
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0210
Abstract
Arrangement
Reflections on growing up in western Iowa and Nebraska include experiences in country school, college and as a teacher.
Arrangement
One folder shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives