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With all this she managed daily to study some Plutarch and Virgil , to read French , and to practice shorthand . She instructed her little sisters and the Negro chil- dren of her plantation in reading , practiced the piano , and did ...
With all this she managed daily to study some Plutarch and Virgil , to read French , and to practice shorthand . She instructed her little sisters and the Negro chil- dren of her plantation in reading , practiced the piano , and did ...
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Even so , she encountered insur- mountable prejudices in trying to set up a practice . In 1857 she had to found her own institution , the New York Infirmary for Women , to enable her and several other women doctors to earn a precarious ...
Even so , she encountered insur- mountable prejudices in trying to set up a practice . In 1857 she had to found her own institution , the New York Infirmary for Women , to enable her and several other women doctors to earn a precarious ...
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State courts controlled the licensing of lawyers and , by prece- dent and common practice , excluded women . One of the first to attempt a legal career was Mrs. Myra Bradwell . In 1870 her application to practice law was denied by the ...
State courts controlled the licensing of lawyers and , by prece- dent and common practice , excluded women . One of the first to attempt a legal career was Mrs. Myra Bradwell . In 1870 her application to practice law was denied by the ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |