She
helped immigrants learn English
. She knew that the best way for people in Five Points to earn a better life for themselves was through education. Emily's work did not go unnoticed by her community. In 1904, she became the Deputy State Superintendent of Schools.
What year did Emily Griffith die?
Emily and Florence Griffith were found dead on
June 19, 1947
.
When did Emily Griffith start teaching?
Emily Griffith was born on February 10th in the 1860s, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The eldest of four children, with a frail mother and crippled father, Emily went to work at an early age to help supplement the family income.
At 14
, she started teaching in a sod schoolhouse in Broken Bow, Nebraska.
What was Emily Griffiths childhood like?
She
grew up very poor
. Griffith left school after the eighth grade to help support her family. At the age of seventeen, she took a job as a teacher in a sod house school in Nebraska. To reduce living expenses, she lived with students' families for weeks at a time.
Where did Emily Griffith go to school?
The family moved to Denver in 1895 and Emily became a substitute teacher in the Denver Public Schools. At the same time, she attended
Denver Normal School
. Although she never went to college, she taught sixth grade and worked her way up to eighth grade.
