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Ransom was an AME Church minister's wife after 1886, and moved to various cities with his work. She spoke to the annual meeting of the Woman's Mite
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In 1938, Emma S. Ransom was awarded an honorary doctorate by
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6(3)(January 1994): 62-78. DOI: 10.1353/jowh.2010.0312
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