Disability History

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“It is very seldom that a town of some 350 inhabitants can boast of an up-to-date hospital,” de...

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Elizabeth “Lizzie” Irons was born in September 1861 in Peoria to Charles and Ettie Maria Englis...

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Simon Booth Malone was born into slavery on December 18, 1842 in Tippah County, Mississippi. S...

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Captain Christian Riebsame (1839-1913) was a German-born citizen who came to the United States ...

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William Richard White was born on December 22, 1844 in Goosenest Prairie, Coles County, Illinoi...

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The Occupational Development Center (ODC) provided employment and training for individuals with...

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Held by the MCMH and digitized by Eastern Illinois University. The Post Amerikan began publicat...

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