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Category Archives: Women

May 28, 2015

American Futures Updates, from Mississippi to Arizona to California

Ajo AZ, Columbus MS, High Schools, Women

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by James Fallows
NPR conveys the sound of an innovative school in Mississippi, plus other news from the road  (Read it here.)

May 19, 2015

Isabella Greenway, Pioneering American Woman

Ajo AZ, Women • Tags: AJO AZ, Women

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by Deborah Fallows
The first Arizonan congresswoman, a lifelong friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, lived a remarkable life. (Read it here.)

May 8, 2015

California’s Improbable Navel-Orange Queen

Civic Life, Economic Life, Riverside CA, Women • Tags: Oranges, Riverside CA, Women

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by Deborah Fallows
Eliza Tibbets was a suffragist, abolitionist, and spiritualist—and the mother of California’s orange industry.  (Read it here.)

December 15, 2014

Revisiting The Atlantic’s Dust Bowl Series

Aviation, Guymon OK, Women

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by Deborah Fallows
The third day of a cross-country flight (Read it here.)

October 28, 2014

The Flying Housewife

Aviation, Columbus OH, Women • Tags: Columbus OH

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by Deborah Fallows

50 years ago, Jerrie Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world. (Read it here.)

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