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medical schools, and teacher-training schools for women in China. These news reports on the increasing accessibility of schools for girls and women in China encouraged a similar development in the United States.
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446:, sporting
274:World War I
218:Los Angeles
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372:earthquake
353:in China,
200:Beginnings
186:California
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