Bess Goodykoontz Papers. 1921 - 1964. Publications
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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...
