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Hattie Briggs and the Women Who Founded P.E.O.

Posted on February 1, 2025 by lhsittig@verizon.net

by Linda Harris Sittig It was January, 1869. The Civil War had just ended four years earlier. While women were still decades away from getting the right to vote, educational opportunities for women were beginning to increase. January in Iowa … Continue reading →

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Oseola McCarty: Pennies to Philanthropist by Linda Harris Sittig

Posted on September 1, 2020 by lhsittig@verizon.net

There is no way that Oseola McCarty would ever have dreamed that one day she would become the woman who financed college educations for others. You see, Oseola dropped out of school at the age of twelve and never stepped … Continue reading →

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