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Title
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Mrs. Harriet Hoover Killin
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Description
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Portrait of Harriet Burnett Hoover Killin, the first woman to graduate from Pacific University (Class of 1869). She was married to Benton Killin. She was born in 1848 in Washington County on the Hoover Donation Land Claim, and died in 1937 at her home in Portland.
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[Front] [pen, noted glued to front mat below image] Mrs. Harriet Hoover Killins. She was the first woman graduated from Pacific University. She was not allowed to sit on the platform with the men graduates. But was placed on a front bench. She passes at her Portland home in 1937 at the age of 88. She was raised on the Hoover D. L. C. a few miles north of Hillsboro.
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Identifier
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WCMpic_000791
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Language
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English
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Date Created
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circa 1910s
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Date
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1910/1919
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Medium
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photographic prints
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Rights
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Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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Type
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Still Image
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Source
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Washington County Museum
