If you are into women who blazed the trail for others in industry, education, and more you need to read this article and get the book. She was on par with Andrew Carnegie in her philanthropy and business acumen.
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Kimberly Hess on Sarah B. Cochran, the Inspiration Behind “A Lesser Mortal”
I grew up with the power of women’s experiences in the stories I heard about female ancestors and relatives. Whether they were politically active, ahead of their time, or overcoming enormous obstacles, each one’s story helped me to understand what I could do. One in particular was Sarah B. Cochran. When my parents and I regularly visited family in southwestern Pennsylvania, I saw artifacts from her life, like the mansion and church she had built, which were being added to the National Register of Historic Places when I was a little girl. I also knew that her decision to put my great-grandmother through college in 1917 still influenced my life many years later.
In that part of the country, it seemed that everybody knew something about her work in the Connellsville coke industry or respected her public and…
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