Women and influence in late 19th century society
The piece surveys women's land ownership taxes, notable female professionals, and high profile figures like Mrs Laura DeForce Gordon and Belva Lockwood. It notes Mary Garrett's wealth, Hyde County suffrage petitions, and Laura Gordon's Supreme Court practice, with commentary on women’s roles in politics, industry, and publishing. It highlights Abby Scott DunbarYs New Northwest, Dorcas Dorcas Magazine, and Elizabeth Boynton Harbert’s New Era, plus Julia Ward Howe promoting women’s literary works at the World’s Industrial Exposition.
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Julia Ward Howe
Remarkable Woman Tabitha Rebbitt in Shaker Harvard Tale
The piece profiles Tabitha Rebbitt of the Harvard Shaker community noted for inventive insights like cutting nails from cold iron and early ideas on circular saws and artificial teeth. It describes her as a linguist, archeologist, and English traveler who accompanied her husband, with anecdotes of her sharp shooting, cooking, and poise, including guarding a buried statue site in Yaucatan.
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Tabitha Rebbitt
Harvard
Brass
M. D
New Orleans Picayune
Yaucatan
le Plongeon
Chacmal
City of
Mexico
le Ploegeon
Florida Woman Runs Saw-Mill and Makes Money
Mrs Harriet Smith of Tuckertown Florida proves a woman can run a saw-mill profitably. She took over a failing mill after lending to others and placing it under her son-in-law, then herself. She moved the mill 20 miles by river ford, organized crews, uses timber from her lands, and earns income. Born in Florida, she champions practical business skill and self reliance.
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Florida
Hillsborough
Mre Smith
Smith
North-Western Lumberman
Scientife American
B. Woman's Journal
To Country Girls Florence Adkinson Letter to Girls on Farms
Florence Adkinson urges country and village girls to seek self improvement by observation and study at home when college is out of reach. She emphasizes habit of looking into things as the educator, noting that learning arises from experience and nature’s encyclopedia. Free country illustrations of science lie in daily life.
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Florence Adkinson
Inter Ocean
Reading clubs and circulating libraries to uplift communities
The text urges building reading groups and small circulating libraries to share knowledge in geology botany astronomy and natural history. It highlights a proactive woman’s role in sparking interest, organizing peers, and transforming local culture by freely sharing learned ideas and fostering higher thought.
Republican Wins Envelopes Printing Deal at Scale
The Republican has secured 16 000 envelopes to be printed at reasonable trade rates. Envelopes sold in lots to fit purchaser needs.
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Republican
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