Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Alice A Bailey
Age at last birthday: 10
Date of birth: Feb 1890 [sic]
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1900: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: single
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Ora S (age 18), Mattie A (17), and Joel D (15)
Census place: Britt, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T623 434; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 119
Date: 5 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Alice A Bailey
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: 1891
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Address: 118 Western Avenue North Apartment 206
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Rent/home value: rents; $35
Owns a radio: no
Occupation: teacher
Industry: public school
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: 1118; Page: ; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 1145.0
Date: 10 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Alice A Bailey
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: 1891
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Address: 1463 West Minnehaha Avenue
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 4 years
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $43
City of residence in 1935: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: teacher
Industry: public school
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 40
Amount of money wages or salary: $800
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 35
Census place: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: T627_2001; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 90-219
Date: 10 Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Alice A Bailey
Age: 59
Estimated birth year: 1891
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Address: 1293 Grand Avenue, apartment 205
Marital status: single (never married)
Living on farm: no
Occupation: elementary teacher
Industry: city school
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 40
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Date: 1 Apr 1950

After high school Alice taught school for two years in Duncan, Iowa, five miles from Britt, where she lived with her parents. She took a two-year degree at a college in Cedar Falls, taught again, then went to the University of Iowa. Subsequently she taught in the Saint Paul schools for many years. She never married.

Obituary from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 8 Aug 1985:
Alice Bailey
Britt - Alice Bailey, 94, a Britt native and longtime educator, died Monday (Aug. 5, 1985) at a St. Paul, Minn., nursing home.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at Carter Ewing Funeral Chapel, Britt, with the Rev. Gene Landen of the United Methodist Church, Corwith, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Britt. Visitation will be after 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Miss Bailey was born Feb. 22, 1891 to Martha Stratton and Edwin Bailey in Britt. She graduated from Britt High School in 1910. Upon graduation, she accepted a teaching position in Duncan. Miss Bailey taught in rural schools until 1917, when she received her degree from Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls.
From 1917-24, Miss Bailey taught in Waterloo. She then taught in St. Paul public schools from 1924-58, where she retired after 48 years as an educator.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church and The Eastern Star.
Miss Bailey is survived by several nephews and nieces, including Fern Reibsamen of Britt, and Mrs. Glenn (Martha) Bergan of Williams, Minn.