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Brave Dolley: A Tragic Hero

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she was able to survive the yellow fever outbreak that both her younger son and first husband died off. Brave Dolley stayed behind during an attack on the White House to save a Portrait of George Washington from the fire. She is the first woman to take an honorable seat in the Congress and still is today, also got an award for it.

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