tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329417736357277518.post6649269362313436802..comments2024-02-08T09:07:24.452-05:00Comments on Gillette On Hillsborough: Maggie's FarmGreg Gillettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13702458129140401412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329417736357277518.post-70252532510758692542016-04-18T20:24:36.242-04:002016-04-18T20:24:36.242-04:00Thank you for reading. The NY Times article was on...Thank you for reading. The NY Times article was one of several sources I used for this blog post. I also used US Census records to get the birth dates and siblings names. Greg Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702458129140401412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329417736357277518.post-82467077386005739332016-04-18T16:35:01.626-04:002016-04-18T16:35:01.626-04:00Thank you for your recent blog on Miss Maggie Smit...Thank you for your recent blog on Miss Maggie Smith. The snippet of information in the March 26, 1905, issue of the New York Times ("Duke Estate, Finished, Will Represent Millions") piqued my interest in this mill girl who rose to the level of Duke's estate manager. I had wondered if the mill she had been employed in was the Raritan Woolen Mills. Duke should be credited for his unbiased perspicacity and prescience to elevate one, in the late 19th or early 20th century, to such a high position based solely on talent rather than gender.<br /><br />URL: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40F10F83C5C1A728DDDAF0A94DB405B858CF1D3<br /><br />Another amazing women of the times whose biography would make a good story would be that of Dr. Mary Gaston (1855-1956) of Somerville. -- D. ConnD. Connhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127499021739836165noreply@blogger.com