“Stagecoach” Mary Fields, Montana’s One-Of-A-Kind Mail Carrier

15/03/2021 3 min Temporada 3 Episodio 496

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Episode Synopsis

Mary Fields was the first Black woman to receive a Post Office contract to deliver the mail, and in the Wild West, no less. Here's a little more about a pioneer who definitely made some history. Plus: the story of a sibling who found a practical use for her identical twin. 
The Life and Legend of Mary Fields (Montana Women's History)
Stagecoach Mary Fields (National Postal Museum)
Fields, Mary – aka Stagecoach Mary (Amazing Black History)
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I’m not a twin but... (Reddit)

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