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Two airmen re-enlist prior to deployment in support of Operation...
Posted: January 22, 2021, 2:01 pm
<p>I am interested in finding the text of bills petitioning for a pension for Miss M. Jennie Miles of Waltham, MA who was a nurse (army nurse? in Virgina?) during the Civil War. I came across S 2534 & HR 4919 Congressional Record 1897-1898, S 230 & HR2884 Congressional Record 1898-1899, and I think there was another petition in 1901.</p>
Posted: January 21, 2021, 4:43 pm
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The Stories of America’s Female Patriots

Frances Perkins and Her Maine Homestead

Source: Frances Perkins Center/Vimeo Creative Commons

Frances Perkins’s Maine home was a great influence on her life and career as the first female cabinet member.

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Scholastic | Culture and Change: The Melba Pattillo Story

In September 1957, Melba Pattillo and eight other teenagers became the first African-American students to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Read about Melba’s historic and often terrifying experience.

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