I've been reading with interest the postings on Iowa school teachers. While neither of my grandmothers taught in Iowa, one was born there and both were school teachers for a time. My maternal grandmother was born in Indiana in 1894 and like 3 of her older sisters and the younger one,taught at a local one room school house. She quit some time before she got married. The education requirements at the time changed for each of the 3 oldest teachers, the sister born in 1884 had to have 9 weeks post high school training, the one born in 1887 had to have 10 weeks and my grandma, twelve weeks. Most of them stopped teaching after a few years, but the one born in 1887, taught school for 45 years and eventually received a Bachelors from Northwestern University. On my dad's side, his mother taught in the 1930's and early 40's in rural South Dakota. She was married and three children. My dad's younger sister was one of her students for a time. Malinda Funk Iowa connections: Lake and Larson