"The smallest village, the plainest home, give ample space for the resources of the college trained woman." It was Alice Freeman Palmer, star leader in the advancement of highest education for women, who put in these words the philosophy that guided her life from its humble beginning to its triumphant conclusion.
Born in Colesville, N.Y., in 1855, of sturdy Pioneer stock, she displayed early those qualities that later made her justly famed. At the age of five she cared for her younger brothers, in order to ease...
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