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January 23, 1904

A contest offers a chance for a free trip to the St. Louis Worlds Fair for three  “colored” women.

May 13, 1905

The only black female physician in Virginia passes away at her home after building up “a large and devoted patronage” through her work.

May 20, 1905

Maggie L. Walker lectures to women at Swansboro Baptist Church.

February 10, 1906

The whole world takes notice when Miss Alice Roosevelt is married because “it is not every day that the daughter of the president gets married.”

March 10, 1906

A young girl and her male teacher physically fight each other in the classroom after “war was declared” between them, the girl proving “that the American girl is abundantly able to take care of herself.”

April 5, 1906

A mad woman kills her sister over jealousy towards her unfaithful husband, and her defense in court is that “she was so goaded to desperation by her heartless husband.”

April 12, 1906

An article from “Success Magazine” excitedly shares the progress of women in the past half century, using the new medical colleges for women as a primary example.

April 19, 1906

The only female bank owner during this time lives in New England, and is the owner “on the basis of her masculine ability.”

July 21, 1906

Margaret E. Sangster, the main advocate of birth control at the time, voices her opinion that women and girls must learn how to cook and clean in order to be “considered well educated.”

July 21, 1906

The female department of the Knights of Pythias visits Washington and Lee University after appointing a new court.
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