WOMEN OF DISTINCTION.
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CHAPTER XIX.
MRS. JOSEPHINE TURPIN WASHINGTON.
It is a noted historical fact that man becomes great, refined and powerful, either as an individual or as a nation, only in proportion as woman, his immediate companion and associate in society, is elevated to her natural sphere in the affairs of life that contribute to the highest
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MRS. JOSEPHINE TURPIN WASHINGTON.
good and happiness of both. Her place is fast proving to be not a secondary one, but an important one, at his side. As he succeeds and conquers, she also succeeds and conquers. As he fails and goes down in the strug-