Shasta County CA Archives Biographies.....Coleman, Donna M. (Mrs.) 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

MRS. DONNA M. COLEMAN, favorably known as one of the prominent teachers of
Shasta County, California, is a native of Delaware County, New York. She was
educated in that State and began her career as a teacher in the city of
Syracuse, where she taught successfully for five years. She came to California
in 1856, and nearly all the time since has been engaged in her favorite pursuit,
for which she has proved herself so eminently fitted. In 1875 she was elected
County Superintendent of Schools, on the Republican ticket, and served in that
capacity for eleven years. It was during her administration that the system of
graded schools was introduced, which has proved so beneficial and has made the
schools of Shasta County compare favorably with any in the State. She is now
(1890) the Principal of the Shasta schools and President of the Board of
Education of the county. She is noted for her quiet, orderly and efficient
school work.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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