Kate Chase’s mother died when she was five. Her father Salmon P. Chase had the unlucky habit of marrying women who up and died. Kate was named after Salmon’s first wife when Kate was born to his second wife. After the death of Kate’s mother (the second wife) he married yet again. A bunch of…
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“A woman means by unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man means not giving trouble to others. Thus each sex regards the other as basically selfish.” CS Lewis
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Books I’ve Known And Loved
Victoria Woodhull not only ran for president, but worked on Wall Street and hung out with Cornelius Vanderbilt. Gives the notion that all Victorian women were trapped a run for its money.
