Woman locomotive engineer Mattie Morgans' trailblazing work
A lengthy account details Mattie Morgans, a woman who operated a freight locomotive on a railroad, concealed as a man for months. It covers her training, the eventual reveal of her sex after a partner’s death, and public reaction, highlighting gender roles and innovation in early railroading.
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Hamil San
Norking
Bern
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Pavitont
Naugatuck Railway Company
Dent
Matibe Mbrzane
Belleag
Eanburgh
Mattie Cross
Paul
Tom Winnan
Hyde Park
St. James
Kew Gardens
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InterState Farmers Summer Encampment at Spartanburg
Announcement calls Patons of Husbandry and farmers from Alabama to participate in a large Interstate Summer Encampment in Spartanburg South Carolina on a 30 acre site beside the railroad. It outlines facilities plans exhibitors from many states, rail and hotel access, admission rules, and a program of addresses, displays of machinery and crops.
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Bouthecu
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Aladame
Tennessee
Georgi
North
Carolina
United States
Fivery County
Atlanta
Charlotte
Richmond and
Danville
Spartanburg
Charles Ust
Asheville
Paints
Rneast
North Carolina
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State Department of Agriculture
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S.C
Penn
Cas. H. Caquistr
C. Pany
Arithmetical Reform Debate Spreads in Boston Schools
Gen. Francie A. Wadker faces critique of modern arithmetic as he attacks nude teaching in public schools. He praises old facilities and urges accuracy and quick computation, condemning metric methods and gendered education rhetoric. Walker supporters urged acceptance of reform for clearer, practical math training.
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Francie A. Wadker
Boston
Regin
Walker
Nile
Woman at Third Street Depot Refuses Payment Demands
A woman leaving town at the third street depot resisted a man’s attempt to press a bill on her. She declared she would not pay and claimed she had separated from her husband. Onlookers and the ticket agent observed the scene as the dispute unfolded amid the departure crowd.
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Wrife
Maken
Benate Chamber
Tomme
Goll
Wien
Easter
Muataken
Toby
Whipper
Dail
Beaufort
Saturay
W. J. Whipper
T. G. White
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Tee
Ane Thomas
Beott
Wwe Bolor
Claians
Bandield
J. F. Hutchings
Ste Whipper
Dane Riker Mohr
Suralls
Third Street
Cralmly
Skip Teall
Appen
Lars
Bill
Detroit
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