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Posts By Marian Mathison Desrosiers

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Mary Cowley: Eighteenth Century Rhode Island Entrepreneur
2 months ago

Mary Cowley: Eighteenth Century Rhode Island Entrepreneur

Eighteenth-century American society allowed women to take on some roles outside of homemaker. Women were plaintiffs in court cases, administrators of wills, held powers of attorney, and were property owners. …
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The First Female Scientist at  Naval Underwater Ordnance Station, Newport
1 year ago

The First Female Scientist at Naval Underwater Ordnance Station, Newport

In 2018 and 2019, in celebration of the 1869 founding of the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island, and its newer designation as Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport, several …
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Banister’s Band of Brothers: Fox Hunting in South Kingstown and Narragansett After the American Revolution
1 year ago

Banister’s Band of Brothers: Fox Hunting in South Kingstown and Narragansett After the American Revolution

We viewed the sea from a high rock…below us of three or four miles extent, a pleasant green meadow, thro’ the middle of which run a pritty winding river. Hamilton …
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