Background
Bagstad, Anna Emilia was born on February 27, 1876 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Matthias and Clara Zenobia (Lee) Bagstad.
Bagstad, Anna Emilia was born on February 27, 1876 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Matthias and Clara Zenobia (Lee) Bagstad.
Student of University of Chicago, 1 year Studied at Emerson College of Expression, Simmons College and North.E.
Assistant in German and English, Yankton College, 1902-1905. Instructor Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, 1905-1910. Teacher English and German, Northern Normal and Industrial School, Aberdeen, South Dakot, 1911-1915.
Professor French and Spanish, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1915.
Teacher Spanish, State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington, 1919. Professor modern languages public speaking, Pacific University, 1919-1927.
Instructor German and French, Pomona College, Claremont, California, since 1927. Winner of state oratorical contest, Huron, South Dakot, 1903, and a week later of the interstate contest, at Fargo, North Dakota, with an oration on Goethe.
Member American Association University Women, honorary. Member Philomethean sorority. Clubs: Woman’s, Monday (Forest Grove).