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Page 10
... girls , or some- thing else similarly noble . Prominent among the pioneers in such work were Mrs. Joseph- ine St. Pierre Ruffin , of Boston , and Mrs. John T. Cook , of Washington , D. C. No one can record exactly how much has been ...
... girls , or some- thing else similarly noble . Prominent among the pioneers in such work were Mrs. Joseph- ine St. Pierre Ruffin , of Boston , and Mrs. John T. Cook , of Washington , D. C. No one can record exactly how much has been ...
Page 11
... Girls , Peoria ; Lincoln Old Folks ' and Orphans ' Home , founded by Mrs. Eva Monroe and assisted by the Women's Club of Spring- field ; the Home for Aged and Infirm Col- ored People , Chicago , founded by Mrs. Gabrella Smith and others ...
... Girls , Peoria ; Lincoln Old Folks ' and Orphans ' Home , founded by Mrs. Eva Monroe and assisted by the Women's Club of Spring- field ; the Home for Aged and Infirm Col- ored People , Chicago , founded by Mrs. Gabrella Smith and others ...
Page 12
... Girls , founded by Mrs. M. M. Bethune ; and the Mt. Meigs Institute , Mt. Meigs , Alabama , founded by Miss Cornelia Bowen . Note- worthy for its special missionary emphasis is the National Training School of Wash- ington , of which ...
... Girls , founded by Mrs. M. M. Bethune ; and the Mt. Meigs Institute , Mt. Meigs , Alabama , founded by Miss Cornelia Bowen . Note- worthy for its special missionary emphasis is the National Training School of Wash- ington , of which ...
Page 18
... girls on a knotting ma- chine in a bed spring factory , putting the knots in the wire springs . " In the professions , such as medicine and law , and in scholarship as well , the Negro woman has blazed a path . One year after Oberlin ...
... girls on a knotting ma- chine in a bed spring factory , putting the knots in the wire springs . " In the professions , such as medicine and law , and in scholarship as well , the Negro woman has blazed a path . One year after Oberlin ...
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... girl wrote acceptable verse . Her Poems on Various Subjects published in 1773 at once at- tracted attention , and it was fitting that the first Negro woman to become distinguished in America should be one of outstanding piety and ...
... girl wrote acceptable verse . Her Poems on Various Subjects published in 1773 at once at- tracted attention , and it was fitting that the first Negro woman to become distinguished in America should be one of outstanding piety and ...
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