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Left Home to Pursue Independence after Family Trials
A young woman recalls growing up under strict parental control, validating her own need to work and live independently. After years of caring for ailing mother and clashing with father over marriage and freedom, she accepts a secretary role in New York, leaving home to escape a confining life and a painful family past.
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Bessie
Elizabeth
Nora
Tom
Mary
Mary Lane’s
Mary Lane
Eliza
New York
Metropolis
Edith Warren
Persis
York
Mrs. Framingham
Harry
Apek
Norah
Rotary