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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fields
She lived quite the life!
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My favorite part of the article:
In 1959, actor and Montana native Gary Cooper wrote an article for EBONY in which he wrote, “Born a slave somewhere in Tennessee, Mary lived to become one of the freest souls ever to draw a breath, or a .38.”
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I love the ambiguity of
In 1894, after several complaints and an incident with a disgruntled male subordinate that involved gunplay,[2] the bishop barred her from the convent.
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