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2 unusual facts about Julia Platt


Julia Platt

Unable to secure a university position, she became active in politics, including tearing down a fence to give the public access to the beach, and in 1931 (at the age of 74), she became mayor of Pacific Grove, California.

Julia Barlow Platt (14 September 1857 in San Francisco – 1935) was an American embryologist and politician.



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