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Katharine Drexel  

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  • Katharine Drexel was an American philanthropist, business figure, and religious leader who had a significant impact on the education of children of color in the American West and South. Her early life did not point to her future as an influential figure in the women's West. [Source: Encyclopedia of Women in the American West; Drexel, Katharine]

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