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Women Behind Barbed Wire at the Missouri Prison
A Sedalia Altrusa Club tour reveals the female prison near Tipton. Superintendent Mrs G Gauper showcases modern facilities, a beauty parlor, an art class, home economics, and a new philosophy focused on education, dignity, and job placement for inmates while stressing community reintegration after release.
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Altrusa Club of
Sedalia
Missouri
Tipton
Isabel Gauper
Altrusa
St. Louis
Missouri State
Marvin Fisher
The
Women’s Prison