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Local History Archives - March 2023

Mary E. Wilson Home

Published March 26, 2023 Submitted by: Renee

In 1918, plans for the Mary E. Wilson Home for Aged Women moved forward with the purchase of the former Neale Institute on North Main Street.

Georgia Clark

Published March 10, 2023 Submitted by: Renee

A Drury College graduate became the first full-time woman instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1962.

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