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“No men need apply”: How a Group of “Perfect Little Ladies” Challenged Gender Norms in Turn-of-the-Century New York – Anya Jabour

  President Edith Joiner addresses the Perfects. Jan. 29, 1897. May Bragdon Diaries. Rare Books, Special Collections & Preservation, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. In the 1890s, a group of young, single, professional women in Rochester, New York, formed…

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