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Pennsylvania born Laura de Force was 17 when her brother’s death in 1855 brought profound, and lasting, changes to her life view. Laura adopted Spiritualism, the comforting faith her grief-stricken mother turned to, a faith that not only

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Nineteen-year-old Sarah Montgomery and her husband Allen, a gunsmith, were members of an 1844 wagon train bound for Oregon that split off from the main group and instead headed for California as the Stevens-Murphy Party.  After

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This week marks the 100-year anniversary of California women winning the right to vote. Woman Suffrage, as the cause was termed, had strong opposition, and a similar measure had been defeated in

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