{"id":2356,"date":"2016-12-03T23:08:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T23:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=2356"},"modified":"2016-12-24T04:24:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T04:24:31","slug":"susan-porter-educator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/susan-porter-educator\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Porter, Educator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Susan M. Porter (1859-1939) taught at Racine High School for 26 years. She was a much-beloved teacher, founding the Audubon Club and the Photography Club, and seemed to have an interesting life of teaching, traveling, and belonging to clubs.<\/p>\n

\"Susan<\/a>

Susan Porter entered the Whitewater Normal School for teachers in 1877. Phebe was Miss Porter’s sister who died in a hospital in Chicago in 1886.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Teacher<\/a>

Teacher salaries including Miss Porter’s in 1898. $550 in 1898 translates to $16,830 in 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Teacher<\/a>

Teacher salaries including Miss Porter’s in 1899. $625 in 1899 translates to $19,120 in 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Susan Porter is spending Thanksgiving in Janesville, 1900<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Porter presents myths of Greece and Rome, 1901<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Porter bought a house in Cooksville, Wis. in 1910.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Susan<\/a>

Susan Porter from the Racine High School Senior Annual (yearbook) ,1911<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Talk<\/a>

Talk given by Miss Porter on the cathedrals of Europe, April, 1914<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Porch<\/a>

Porch party for teachers, June, 1914. Miss Porter seems to have rented a room from the Rickemans at 1608 S. Main.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Porter departs for her summer home in Evansville, June, 1914. This says Evansville, but I wonder if they were referring to Cooksville.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Susan<\/a>

Susan Porter from 1915 Kipikawi<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Susan<\/a>

Susan Porter’s camera club classroom from the 1915 Kipikawi<\/p><\/div>\n

\"DAR<\/a>

DAR holds meeting and elects delegates, Racine Journal News, Oct. 11, 1915<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Porter lived at 1608 S. Main Street with the Rickeman family. My guess is that she rented a room.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Porter’s address in 1916, according to the Racine City Directory<\/p><\/div>\n

\"In<\/a>

In addition to teaching, Miss Porter was also associated with the Racine Public Library in 1916.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"According<\/a>

According to the 1920 Kipikawi, Miss Porter was teaching history in this year.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Porter gave a talk on the birds she saw during her trip abroad in 1922.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The 1922 Kipikawi yearbook of Racine High School was dedicated to Susan M. Porter on the occasion of her 25th year of service to the school<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Susan Porter, Educator, Dies at 79, Madison Wisconsin State Journal, March 27, 1939<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tribute<\/a>

Tribute to Miss Susan Porter, Racine Journal Times, 9\/27\/1940<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miss<\/a>

Miss Porter Taught at Racine High School for 26 Years, Racine Journal Times, 9\/15\/1947<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Susan<\/a>

Susan Porter at FindAGrave. She is buried in Cooksville, Wisconsin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Susan M. Porter (1859-1939) taught at Racine High School for 26 years. She was a much-beloved teacher, founding the Audubon Club and the Photography Club, and seemed to have an interesting life of teaching, traveling, and belonging to clubs.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2356","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2356\/revisions\/2591"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}