Fannie; Rolland Adams; Taylor
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Fannie Adams was born in 1887, 22 years after the emancipation proclamation. Born in Missouri which was taken in as a slave state in the Missouri Compromise. Started teaching at age 16 with forty kids, grades 1-8, taught high school, built a sod-house and proved up on 160 acres of free land from the government, sold books on horse-back, ran a nursi....
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Fannie Adams was born in 1887, 22 years after the emancipation proclamation. Born in Missouri which was taken in as a slave state in the Missouri Compromise. Started teaching at age 16 with forty kids, grades 1-8, taught high school, built a sod-house and proved up on 160 acres of free land from the government, sold books on horse-back, ran a nursing home, apartment house, and wrote articles for various magazines.