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Harriet Russell Strong: horticulturalist, conservationist, and feminist.
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California History
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March 1, 2008
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- Apostol, Jane
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THE PINK AND WHITE, HELPLESS prettiness; the delicate, fainting, clinging doll is fast becoming a thing of the past," (1) Harriet Williams Russell Strong advised fellow members of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles in 1895. Although she herself was described as dainty and fragile, Harriet was by no means helpless. Widowed at the age of thirty-nine, with four daughters to support and no experience in business and agriculture, she took over the management of the 220-acre Rancho del Fuerte ("Strong Ranch") and built a reputation as the most successful woman rancher in California. At the time of her death, the land produced some $25,000 a year. (2)
During her remarkable career, ...
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July 10, 1996 ;
Kopp, Craig;
446 words
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362 words
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364 words
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
July 10, 1996 ;
Nechak, Paula;
477 words
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July 12, 1996 ;
Hewitt, Chris;
391 words
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The People (London, England);
November 8, 1998 ;
Kellaway, Robert;
719 words
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Margo Miller, Globe Staff;
787 words
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787 words
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Horning, Kathleen T.;
429 words
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787 words
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Lanpher, Katherine;
595 words
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It's so great to see our little girl back in good health... and modelling;...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);
October 24, 2006 ;
536 words
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Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);
June 10, 2001 ;
735 words
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The Boston Globe;
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Jay Carr, Globe Staff;
686 words
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