Bernice McCoy

In 1898 she started teaching in the Vineland schools.^[3]

Bernice McCoy was an assistant professor of Education at University of Idaho. She was Director of Placement Service and Non-Resident Instruction.^[1]

She was County Superintendent of Schools in Nez Perce County, Idaho from 1903 to 1909.^[1]

For 6 years she was assistant of the State Superintendent and then State Superintendent of Schools of Public Instruction elected in 1914 under the Republican ticket.^[1][4][5] In 1916 she declined to be a candidate for renomination.^[6]

She was an instructor at Lewiston State Normal School, Lewiston, Idaho. She was Dean of Women at State Normal School, Lewiston, from 1917 to 1919.^[1][7] In 1919 she resigned to take up war service.^[8]

She was a member of the State Board of Education.^[1]

She was the National Field Secretary for the Young Women's Christian Association from 1919 to 1921 in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[1]

In 1919 she became a member of the Faculty at University of Idaho and was member of the Academic Council since 1926.^[1][9]

She was a member of Pi Lambda Theta and American Association of University Women.^[1]

From July 4, 1917 to April 14, 1920 she corresponded with Dora Kelly Lewis.^[10] In 1917 she corresponded with Ada Lois James.^[11]

Bernice McCoy moved to Idaho in 1893 and lived at 801 West Sixth St., Moscow, Idaho.^[1]

She died on October 15, 1944, in Lewinston, Idaho, and is buried at Normal Hill Cemetery.^[9]