Bernice McCoy

Bernice McCoy was born in 1878 in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of J. B. McCoy and Harriet Hald.[1]

She obtained B. S. and M. S. degrees at University of Idaho. She graduated from Lewiston State Normal School in Lewiston, Idaho in 1898.[2] In 1909 she became a postgraduate student at Columbia University.[1]

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]