Josephine Mildred Staats Ellsworth

Background

Ellsworth, Josephine Mildred Staats was born on June 13, 1911 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Daughter of John Perkins Staats, Junior and Margaret Ann Welch.

Education

Bachelor in Biology, University Delaware, 1933. MSEd, State University of New York, 1955.

Career

Corresponding teacher Calvert School and Willis (Virginia) Public School, Floyd County, Virginia, 1946-1947. Teacher Schuylerville School Systems, Saratoga County, New York, 1947-1952, Greenwich Ctl. School Systems, 1952-1964, Hardin County Public Schools, Counce, Tennessee, 1965-1967, Chesterfield Reading Resource, Richmond, Virginia, 1967-1968, Chicahominay Academy, 1968-1969.

Teacher 6th grade Harlan School, Wilmington, Delaware, 1969-1971. Teacher reading study center University Delaware, Newark, 1971-1972. Tutor disabilities Educational Service, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1971-1993.

Achievements

• Josephine Mildred Staats Ellsworth has been listed as a notable special education educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Staats family : a history of the Dutch settlements in New York and Delaware, 1642-1992

Membership

Member American Association of University Women (chairperson 1965-1967), National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Hist, Society Delaware, Genealogical Society Delaware, Academy Lifelong Learning, Historical N.P. Stillwater National Park (southeast regional chairperson), Shiloh National Military Park, Richmond N. Battlefield Park, Young Women's Christian Association, New York State Federation of Women's Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, numerous others.

Connections

Married Ivan James Ellsworth, August 5, 1932. 1 child, Nadene June.