school boards and in other educational offices; furthermore, women employed as teachers were guaranteed the same pay as men. At the end of his term, Bolander did not seek re-election and instead ran successfully for Superintendent of Schools of San Francisco. He held the office for almost two years and then resigned in November, 1877. In 1878, Bolander travelled to Guatemala where he did educational work for the next seven years. He reportedly travelled widely to South America, Africa, and Europe but the details are not clear. In 1883, Bolander settled in Portland, Oregon and taught modern languages at Bishop Scott Academy. Notes References Cloud, Roy W. (1952). Education in California. Stanford University Press. Frahm, Jan-Peter; Eggers, Jens (2001). Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen. Stuckey, Ronald L. (1984). "Early Ohio Botanical Collections and the Development of the State Herbarium". Ohio Journal of Science. 84 (4): 148–174. External links Harvard University Herbarium - Biography of Henry Nicholas Bolander 19th-century German botanists Botanists active in North America 1831 births 1897 deaths Botanists active in California California Superintendents of Public Instruction German emigrants to the United States California Republicans People from Main-Kinzig-Kreis 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American botanists