Susan Ireland's Boarding House on Seventh Street
/Among Susan Ireland's investments was the building where Clara Barton lived in the 1860s. But how did Ireland get her money, and how could she invest as a woman in that era?
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Among Susan Ireland's investments was the building where Clara Barton lived in the 1860s. But how did Ireland get her money, and how could she invest as a woman in that era?
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Read MoreA great addition to understand the "people" side of the Civil War--Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office is now open.
Read MorePaula Tarnapol Whitacre's website with a focus on her forthcoming biography on abolitionist Julia Wilbur.