Letter from Washington, 1863-1865
United States. Dept. of Agriculture
United states, politics and government, 1861-1865
United States. Department of Agriculture
War work
Women journalists
United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Personal narratives
Women
United States
Biography
History
Before the Civil War, Lois Bryan Adams was a well-known Michigan poet and editor. In 1863 she left Detroit for Washington, D.C., where she was one of the first women in the federal civil service and one of the first employees of the United States Department of Agriculture. In addition to her governm…
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