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181:. "Miss Egan is an ardent feminist," explained one 1921 newspaper report, "and is interested in seeing laws giving women full legal and civil rights written into the statute books of the State of Louisiana." Later in life she wrote local history articles for the
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292:"Egan Family Long Prominent in Medical Profession in Louisiana"
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220:"My Sweetheart Flower" and "Love's Immortality" (1905, poems)
317:"History of Pioneer Families Written by Mt. Lebanon Woman"
660:"Mount Lebanon First Place in State to Grow Castor Beans"
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531:. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1919. pp. 80–82.
223:"The Nomination of Stephen Wingate" (1905, short story)
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Egan, Lavinia H. The Great
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202:"The Future of the Negro in Fiction" (1895, essay)
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226:"A Piece of Assurance" (1906, short story)
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211:"In the Back Parlor" (1897, short story)
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149:. She was also a member of the
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