The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 365

MARY A. GRUPE.

Mary A. Grupe, a prominent factor in the educational field of Washington,
connected with the State Normal School at Ellensburg, was born in Peabody,
Kansas, August 23, 1873, a daughter of William H. and Ada A. Grupe. In the
acquirement of her education she attended the State Normal School at Oswego, New
York, from which she received a life diploma. She afterward received the Ph. B.
degree from the University of Chicago and did graduate work there. Later she
became a graduate student at Colombia University, New York. Early taking up the
profession of teaching, she has become widely known in this connection
throughout the west. She did primary work in Dayton, Washington, and afterward
became a teacher of psychology in the State Normal School at Ellensburg. She
was grammar grade supervisor in Tacoma, Washington, for a time and subsequently
became connected with the State Normal School at Mankato, Minnesota, where she
served as grammar grade supervisor and also instructor in psychology. In the
State Normal School at Greeley, Colorado, she was again made grammar grade
supervisor and instructor in education. Her major work is psychology,
educational and clinical, and her marked ability in the profession has brought
her prominently to the front. She is continually studying progressive methods
and her own initiative has enabled her to carry her work forward to a most
advanced point.

Miss Grupe is a member of various women's club, teachers' associations and of
community welfare organizations. She has been an active worker for woman
suffrage and for child health and welfare, her labors along these lines proving
far-reaching and effective.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.