Kate Atkinson Bell

American educator

Kate Atkinson Bell

Born| June 29, 1907
Died| February 25, 2003
Nationality| American
Alma mater| Baylor University,
University of Houston,
University of Chicago

Catherine Atkinson Bell (June 29, 1907 - February 25, 2003) was an American educator.

## Life[edit]

She was educated at Baylor University, the University of Houston and the University of Chicago.[1]

She taught school for eleven years in the Houston Independent School District and was principal for Port Houston Elementary School for three and a half years. Bell was Assistant Director of Elementary Education for 14 years and Director of Elementary Education for nine years. She also served as Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Schools for Area IV, and as Assistant Superintendent for Basic Skills, K-12.[2]

Bell was a member of the White House conference on Education in 1955 and 1960. She also served as a member of the Board of Examiners on Teacher Education and of the Texas Commission on Science.[2] She was elected president of the Texas State Teachers Association in 1954.[1]

Kate Bell Elementary School was named in her honour. Bell was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1984.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery". Historic Houston. October 2013.
2. ^ a b c "Kate Atkinson Bell". Texas Women's Hall of Fame. Texas Women's University.

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Texas Women's Hall of Fame

1980s

| 1984|

* Christia Adair
* Kate Atkinson Bell
* Vivian Castleberry
* Lila Cockrell
* Clotilde Pérez García
* Jeane Porter Hester
* Oveta Culp Hobby
* Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey
* Sarah T. Hughes
* Lady Bird Johnson
* Barbara Jordan
* Amy Freeman Lee

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1985|

* Benjy Frances Brooks
* Patricia Happ Buffler
* Liz Carpenter
* Grace Woodruff Cartwright
* Helen Farabee
* Maria Elena Flood
* Willie Lee Glass
* Lydia Mendoza
* Jenny Lind Porter
* Louise Raggio
* Ann Richards
* Edna Gardner Whyte

1986|

* Anne Armstrong
* Mary Kay Ash
* Caro Crawford Brown
* Alicia Chacon
* Jody Conradt
* Margaret Cousins
* Wilhelmina Ruth Delco
* Frances Goff
* Mary Lavinia Griffith
* May Owen
* Sally Ride
* Ada Simond
* Hermine Tobolowsky

1987|

* Lucy G. Acosta
* Ruth Sharp Altshuler
* Margaret Harris Amsler
* Johnnie Benson
* Tommie Clack
* Kim Dawson
* Lillian Dunlap
* Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
* Donna Lopiano
* Katie Sherrod
* Donnya Stephens
* Dora Dougherty Strother
* Mary Nan West

1988|

* Nancy Brinker
* Margaret Pease Harper
* Ninfa Laurenzo
* Lane Murray
* Louise Ritter
* Ruth Taubert Seeger
* Bert Kruger Smith
* Eleanor Tinsley

1989|

* Barbara Bush
* Judith Craven
* Gussie Nell Davis
* Margaret Swan Forbes
* L. Ruth Guy
* Terry Hershey
* Lucia Rede Madrid
* Jane Wetzel

1990s

| 1993|

* Linda Louise Craft
* Ernestine Glossbrenner
* Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
* Eleanor Montague
* Aaronetta Hamilton Pierce
* Gloria G. Rodriguez
* Annette Strauss

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1994|

* Rosa Ramirez Guerrero
* Irma Rangel
* Mary Beth Rogers
* Bess Whitehead Scott
* Hallie Stillwell
* Francie Larrieu Smith
* Alvia Wardlaw
* Martha Wong
* Eleanor Anne Young

1996|

* Ebby Halliday Acers
* Rita Crocker Clements
* Zina Garrison
* Sybil Harrington
* Kay Bailey Hutchison
* Vassar Miller
* Helen Oujesky
* Ruby Lee Piester
* Dian Graves Stai
* S. Eva Singletary

1998|

* Norma Lea Beasley
* Shirley Thompson Carter
* Elizabeth Lyons Ghrist
* Kay Granger
* Dixie Melillo
* Diana Natalicio
* Marsha Sharp

2000s

| 2000|

* Tillie Burgin
* Carol Dinkins
* Anna Maria Farias
* Juliet V. García
* Glenna Goodacre
* Wendy Harpham
* Jinger L. Heath
* Dealey Herndon
* Mamie L. McKnight
* Jo Stewart Randel
* Judy Rankin

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2002|

* Karen Hughes
* Mae Jemison
* Angela Murdaugh
* Ann Williams

2004|

* Susan Combs
* Trinidad Mendenhall
* Mary Meyers Rosenfield
* Sheryl Swoopes

2006|

* Amanda Dunbar
* Kathleen Foster
* Shirley Neeley
* Ellen Vitetta

2008|

* Elsa Murano
* Sandra Day O'Connor
* Carolyn Peterson
* Louise Hopkins Underwood
* Huda Zoghbi

2010s

| 2010|

* Nancy W. Dickey
* Erma Johnson Hadley
* Teresa Lozano Long
* Judy Castle Scott
* Pamela Willeford

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2012|

* Barbara Smith Conrad
* Anne Corn
* Nina Godiwalla
* Harriet O'Neill
* Mary Saunders

2014|

* Nandita Berry
* Joanne Herring
* Kim Olson
* Anita Perry
* Ann Stuart
* Senfronia Thompson
* Deborah Tucker
* Carolyn Wright

2016|

* Emma Carter Browning
* Susie Hitchcock-Hall
* Ginger Kerrick
* Renu Khator
* Selena

2018|

* Simone Biles
* Laura Bush
* Vikki Carr
* Susan Dell
* Tammie Jo Shults
* Elizabeth Anne Sueltenfuss
* Judith Zaffirini

2020s

| 2021|

* Lauren Anderson
* Charlye O. Farris
* Dawn Ferrell
* Ofelia Vasquez-Philo
* Kendra Scott
* Elaine Stolte

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2023|

* Leta Andrews
* Mary Horn
* Val LaMantia
* Opal Lee
* Lavinia Masters
* Antonietta Quigg
* Charlotte Sharp
* Elizabeth Suarez

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