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MISS LAURA A. JACKSON

Miss Laura A. Jackson, B.S.D., is a graduate of Lincoln Institute, June, 1902.

Her profession is a teacher. She has taught every year since her graduation, the first year being at Fredericktown, Missouri.

Miss Jackson is now serving her third session as assistant principal in the "Dunbar School," of the city of Muskogee, Indian Territory.

She was first president of the "Olive Branch" society of Lincoln Institute, serving two terms, at the same time vice-president of her class. In June, 1904, she was elected vice-president of Lincoln Institute Alumni.

The successive four years previous to graduation she taught in the Tullahassee Boarding School at Tullahassee, Indian Territory. Three of these years she was assistant principal.

During this period she was selected as one of the assistant examiners of the Teachers' Institute, held at Okmulgee, Indian Territory, the capital of the Creek Nation, she being the first colored woman selected for this office, also the first deputy postmistress appointed at Tullahassee, Indian Territory.

She is the eldest child of Susan A. and W. T. Jackson, born at Humboldt, Kansas.

Parents being deceased, she is now the stepdaughter of Mrs. Annie Jackson at 906 E. Dunklin street, Jefferson City, Missouri, where she makes her home.

She says that she did not think she was a strong teacher in history until she took a lecture course under Professor Duboise while attending the summer school