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Rourke graduated from, and also taught at, Vassar College. She was a widely read author of books about Davy Crockett and James Audubon. Near the end of her life, she turned her talents towards the subject of the everyday affairs of ordinary people, Native American culture and a history of American humor.
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Widow Carr was an entrepreneur and owner of Forever Young beauty products. She started selling soap and perfume door to door to help support her 5 children after a divorce. At its height, the business had nearly 70 employees. After her death in 1915, her children ran the business for another 35 years.
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The Grand Rapids Public Museum started as the Kent Scientific Institute, also the site of Central High School where Emma began her teaching career. She studied botany and zoology at Cornell and eventually formed the herbarium that became the cornerstone of the museum’s natural history collection.
(with a light german accent)
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William was born in Prussia and came to the United States as a young teen. After serving in the military during the Civil War, he entered the dry goods business, eventually forming a partnership with Voight. He became the director of the Grand Rapids National City Bank and an extraordinarily generous philanthropist.
(with a light german accent)
Chan Hoy is not in this photo... but this is how a Chinese businessman looked in the era.
(with heavy Chinese accent)
(caucasian accent)
(Caucasian)