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2018-2087. Bust-length portrait. Born Anna Medora Morrison in Dubuque, Iowa in 1849 to Guy B. Morrison and Mary Elmira Preston. Came to California in 1854 via ship, joining father in Butte County. Worked as teacher, author (of articles, poetry), lectured, appointed to the State Board of Lady Managers for the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, beginning in 1904 campaigned for women's suffrage, managing editor of Northern Crown. Married John S. Reed in 1872. Died in 1921. From: Peterson's magazine, July 1893 (vol. 1, no. 58), "California women in the World's Fair," p. 671.
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