Pamela Case Hale

Pamela Case Hale (August 17, 1834 – 1915) was the first woman ever elected as Thurston County's Superintendent of Public Schools.

The 1860 census shows the Case family living in a boarding house or school in Anderson, Kentucky with their 2-year-old son.

Calvin Hale was himself an important citizen, serving for a time as Indian agent for the Washington Territory.

Their home, the Captain Calvin and Pamela Hale House, is listed in the National and Local Registers.

[6] When Pamela Case married Calvin Hale, he had three children by his first marriage, and she brought her son Charles into the household.