Elia Peattie
Elia Wilkinson Peattie was the first woman reporter for the Omaha World-Herald. She wrote a regular column for the newspaper titled "A Word with the Women".
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Gilded Age Plains City
Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraska explores the development of towns and cities on the Great Plains through the lens of a murder case in the 1890s that evolved into a fascinating story that drew the attention of nearly everyone in town...
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