Anna E. (Anna Estelle) Arnold

Anna Estelle Arnold was an American educator, school administrator, and textbook author from Kansas. Born on December 22, 1879, in Whiting, Kansas, she studied at the University of Kansas and went on to build a career in public education.

She taught in Salina and later served as Superintendent of Schools for Chase County, Kansas. Alongside her school work, she wrote textbooks including Civics and Citizenship and A History of Kansas. That second book became especially notable as the first book printed under Kansas's new State Publication Law.

Arnold is remembered less as a literary celebrity than as a practical writer who wanted students to understand how their state and civic life had taken shape. She died on April 15, 1942.