Sojourner Truth – Women’s History Month, Day 11
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Dorothea Dix – Women’s History Month Day 6
Dorothea Dix was born in Maine in 1802. Her father was Methodist minister who spent a lot of time on the road, leaving Dorothea at home with her mother and three younger siblings. While she wasn’t alone, the care for her siblings often fell to her as her […]
Ida B. Wells – Women’s History Month Day 2
Ida B. Wells was born into slavery in Mississippi when the Civil War was in its infancy. In the early years of her life, she and her family were freed after the war and then became active in Reconstruction Era politics. Taught to value education, Ida went to […]
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