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Ladies, Ladders, & Languages: Meet Maud Stalnaker
At age 26, in October 1896, Maud Stalnaker decided to take the civil service exam for a clerkship in the War Department in Washington, D.C. She chose a challenging job with a test to match. As the position announcement explained, … Continue reading
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