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FANNIE FINCH ELEMENTARY

Historical marker, 1978

FANNY FINCH
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAURA FRANCES (FANNY) SHIPE (1866 -
1942) WAS BORN IN WOODSTOCK, VA.,
AND EDUCATED IN TEXAS. IN 1890,
AFTER TEACHING AT McKINNEY’S
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, SHE MARRIED
HENRY A. FINCH (D. 1934), LATER A
TEXAS LEGISLATOR AND MAYOR OF THE
CITY. THE COUPLE HAD 7 CHILDREN.
IN 1917 MRS. FINCH BECAME ONE OF
THE STATE’S FIRST WOMEN TO SERVE
ON A SCHOOL BOARD. A BORN LEADER,
SHE HELPED FOUND SUCH ENTERPRISES
AS THE OWL LITERARY CLUB AND THE
CITY’S FIRST GARDEN CLUB. SHE AND
HER HUSBAND GAVE SITES FOR A PARK
AND A COLLEGE. THIS SCHOOL WAS
NAMED IN HER HONOR IN 1924.

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