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Woman of the Century — Margaret Eliza Schaffer (1893)

She was one of the first of the few women to venture in that work, and it is claimed she was the first to open an office of her own and make a special department for the insurance of women. On 1st January, 1892, she connected herself with the National Life of Vermont, in Omaha, Neb., after having worked in Omaha a year in another company. The National laid aside the prejudice against admitting women on equal terms with men.
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