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Widowed at twenty-two, Laura had one daughter, Peggy, to whom she devoted her life. When Peggy was sixteen, she confided to her mother that she was pregnant and that the lover who had promised to marry her had deserted her. “Well-meaning friends” advised an abortion and told Smith, “There is a way. Hide this thing from sight, send her on a journey.
... See moreBarbara Goldsmith • Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull
Lemon holds the lot until December 25, 1867, when he sells to Lola Bennett.[20] Lola[21] is the wife of Joseph F. Bennett[22], a California Column veteran. The Bennetts (Lola by some accounts) build a new structure on the lot, evidently removing the stone structure. Looking for space to expand, Lola buys half of her southern neighbor’s lot for $125
... See moreDavid G. Thomas • La Posta - From the Founding of Mesilla, to Corn Exchange Hotel, to Billy the Kid Museum, to Famous Landmark
Perkins spent the twelve years of Roosevelt’s presidency doing more than anyone other than FDR himself to make the New Deal a reality. Everything on her list became law, most notably social security, changing the basic relation of Americans to their government. She also desegregated the Labor Department cafeteria, tried (and failed) to bring large
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
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