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The Man in Hunters and Susan Carey at Shorthand School
Susan Carey, a 19 year old in Chicago, endures strict Aunt Jessie and a rough shorthand course while dreaming of a career and romance. Rose Milton hosts a party where Susan meets Ben Lampman, a musically inclined skeptic on women's roles, and she wonders about her future.
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Ulan Carey
Miss Allen
Susan
Helen Marshall
Ighigan Avenue
Aunt Jessie
Jessie
Joan Crawford
la Crawford
Rue
Weegman
Dunbar
Helen
Harvard
Mr. Dunbar
Busan
Mary Ruth O’hara
Mrs. Sorenson
Rose Milton
Land's Sake
Mary Ruth
Miltons
Tom
Harry
Mrs. Milton
Veronica
Oak Park
Grace
Pasadena
Lide
Rose
Ben Lampman
Susan Carey
Mia
Milton
Ban Lampman
Ben
Eddie Wilkins
Young Lampman
Eddie
Mr. Lampman
Josete
Whiteman’s
Aunt Joanie
Jean
Mantily Ahe
Jeanie
Rose Mil
Ben Lempan
Carey
Lampman