Correspondence Relating to Extended School Service, 1942–1943

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Correspondence Relating to Extended School Service, 1942–1943

1942-1943

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/820068

This series consists of reports from consultants, state plans for the establishment of day care services, and evaluations of those plans. The records relate to the promotion of day care services in states and local communities, provided for by a grant under the President's Emergency Fund for fiscal year 1943. Administration of this program was retained by Assistant Commissioner Bess Goodykoontz.

5 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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National Archives at College Park

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Goodykoontz, Bess, 1894-1990

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Bess Goodykoontz (1894-1990) was born in Waukon, Iowa. She earned bachelors and master's degrees in education from the University of Iowa. Following her studies, Goodykoontz taught at schools in rural Iowa as well as the experimental school at the University of Iowa before serving as supervisor of elementary schools in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed her Assistant U.S. Commissioner of Education, a position that she held in the Bureau of Education for the next...