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Buck taught high school science, and was a school principal in
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pastor and worked alongside her partner, fellow
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Introduction to the Unitarian and Universalist Traditions
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in 1920, about her speaking tour of California that year.
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117:in Pennsylvania. with further studies at
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307:"Florence Buck, BD 1894, DD 1920"
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817:"A Unified Educational Program"
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777:"Events: Rev. Florence Buck"
690:"Preachers at Clinton, Mass"
608:"Boston Woman is Guest Here"
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589:. 1912-02-07. p. 10
562:St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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334:Crane, Caroline Bartlett
225:Personal life and legacy
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517:. 1923-03-26. p. 4
285:. 1894-04-14. p. 5
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338:"Florence Buck, D.D."
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