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Meigs & Farr: Touching the lives of children

June 13, 2014June 18, 2014 / Joanna Tebbs Young / Leave a comment
Cordelia Meigs & Shirley Farr

Cordelia Meigs & Shirley Farr

I thought this was just going to be a story about two early-20th-century Brandon women who made great contributions to our state. And it still is. But there’s a twist — one that found me reading a conspiracy theory about Howard Dean. Continue reading →

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Originally published in the Rutland Reader starting in early 2013, and the "Remember When" column in the Rutland Herald/Times Argus in 2021, these posts focus on the history of Vermont. Also included are my historical writings from other publications and sites. Please enjoy! - joanna

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