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Separate Lives: The Story of Mary Rippon

by Silvia Pettem · 1999

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As a pioneer woman educator, Mary Rippon received wide acclaim for her teaching, but in order to keep her job, she hid her husband and child behind a Victorian curtain of secrecy. Now, for the first time, "Separate Lives: The Story of Mary Rippon" reveals the conflicts between this extraordinary woman's public and private lives.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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ColoradoColoradoMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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