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Jane Grey Swisshelm

Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884), U.S. journalist, author, crusader. Crusader and Feminist: Letters of Jane Grey Swisshelm 1858-1865, p. 10, ed. Arthur J. Larsen, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul (1934).

Editorial written after vigilante attack on her newspaper office.

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