My great-grandmother, who was born at the turn of the 20th century in northern Minnesota, always wanted to be a writer.At least, that is what I am told. She was the first college-educated woman in my family. But, as a young Midwestern woman in the early 1920s who went on to become a farmer's wife, she chose a career that was seemingly more accessible: Teaching. She taught farm kids in a one-room schoolhouse near rural Fertile, Minnesota. It was a place where kids traveled great distances to [...]
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