Elizabeth Warren and Miss Koehler refused to

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bility as school superintendent. Woman’s place at that time was where man, not her abilities, put her. Elizabeth Warren and Miss Koehler refused to accept the shibboleth that it was a man’s world. They made a place for themselves — and a name for themselves — competing with men. Elizabeth Warren, nee von \\ achcnhuscn, was born in Brooklyn, and there as a young woman married Orange Scott Warren. He and his young wife lived in and traveled in many places, Arkansas. Central America, California, the Pacific North- west, before settling in New Mexico. At Silver City Warren knew he had reached trail’s end. He sent for his family. Elizabeth nun- have had doubts when she looked out the window of the railroad coach in 1882 at Lordsburg, which was as close as the iron horse went to Silver City, for it was a rough, unbeautiful tow n of false-front buildings, where water was scarce and whiskey plentiful, w here cow bows filled the one street w ith shooting and shouting, and gave point to a fellow passengers remark, “If this is Lordsburg. I hope l will newer see Devilsburg March, 1952 Item lllexico