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They Called This Young Iowa Woman Plucky For Running A Newspaper In The Late 1880s

โ€œI am strong and hearty, and as willing to work as any man,โ€ Katie Prehm wrote in a letter to the White House in 1878. The Traer, Iowa, girl was only 11 years old and hoped to receive 160 acres for a farm through the Homestead Act. Her older brother and dad were already in […]

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