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3 stories matching postmistress
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- The Postmistress Who Handled the Mail Through Smallpox
An outbreak at Maud sickened about fifteen families, exposed the mail, and brought a special quarantine officer to town in the winter of 1907–08.
- The Hypocrisy of a Congressman
A local editor skewers John L. Wilson for firing a female postmaster purely for political patronage, revealing Wilson’s own history of groveling for Democratic appointments.
- The Postmaster Who Refused to Hire Women
An eighteen-year-old applicant details how she was misled and eventually dismissed by the Olympia postmaster due to her gender.