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Teaching the Giles Sisters

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3550
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Abstract:
Women in the 19th century had limited opportunities for higher education. Onslow County's Giles sisters - Mary, Theresa, and Persis - were persistent in their quest for a college education, and in 1878 became the first women graduates of Trinity College.
Source:
Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 65 Issue 7, Dec 1997, p16-17, por