NEWSPAPER LOST & FOUND: How housekeeping can resurrect lost souls
In August of 2024, a concerned researcher from North Carolina contacted me about a missing person’s case, a lost story. Dr. Almira Fifield lost her life in 1863 while treating Union Soldiers in Paducah, Kentucky. (The patron’s middle name was also Fifield, a clue about her motivations.) This case was personal–but it was also important to the bulwark of women’s… Read more »