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Cool Resource: Widows’ Pension Records

Posted on September 21, 2012 by SCblogger

One hundred years ago, there weren’t a lot of options for widowed mothers who needed help caring for their children. In Iowa and parts of Illinois, if a judge felt that the mother could not provide for her family, the … Continue reading →

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