In the first of two stories, history columnist Curt Eriksmoen details the early life of Elizabeth Stanton Anderson, who became a leading advocate for a variety of causes in North Dakota.
Elizabeth Preston Anderson was born in Indiana on this date in 1861. Her father was a Methodist pastor. Her first memory was at the age of two, when she was awakened to say goodbye to her mother as she lay dying. Other early memories were the end of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln.
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