She Was An Philanthropist, Not A Freak Of The Sideshow

And the first woman to vote in Chicago. With her feet!

Linda Caroll
History of Women
Published in
8 min readFeb 14, 2022

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Kittie Smith was just nine years old when her neighbors heard her screaming and called for help.

Something was dreadfully wrong in that house.

First the mother died, then the smallest girl was taken away.

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