Eugenia Almira Wheeler Goff
Personal Information
Born: 1844
Died: 1922
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Minnesota Normal School 1869
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— Eugenia Almira Wheeler Goff
Professional Life
Field of Study: Cartography; Historian; Educator
Institution/Corporation: National Historical Publishing Company
Degrees & Memberships: None found
Awards & Achievements
Awards: None found
Achievements: co-founder of the National Historical Publishing Company, which is known for publishing historical maps; 1876 wrote "Minnesota, Its Geography, History, and Resources" & the text was considered groundbreaking for combining history, resources, and geography, an idea later used by other textbook publishers in the United States; before her marriage she was creator of historical wall maps that included historical events of countries; with husband Henry Slade Goff wrote "Goff's Historical Map of the Spanish-American War in the West Indies, 1898;" her collaboration with her husband produced over 100 historical maps, charts, and books, which included the historical atlas called "The United States and Her Neighbors" and the "Goff's Historical Map of the Philippine Islands;"her maps & annotations documented the world during her lifetime
held teaching positions in a teachers' training school and in various state institutes in Minnesota
was a state inspector of training schools for teachers in Minnesota
with her husband they created & published over 100 maps & books with the maps containing information about battles during the Spanish-American War, various states including their histories & resources, islands of the world & even a map of the evolution of the American Flag
many of her maps are housed in the Library of Congress
her maps provide information about important historical events