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This Day in Minnesota History

December 19, 1836

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Maria Louise Sanford is born in Saybrook, Connecticut. An extraordinary and popular teacher, Sanford was be appointed to the Department of Rhetoric at the University of Minnesota in 1880. After her retirement in 1909, she remained active, speaking on educational and patriotic topics. She died in 1920. A statue of her, sculpted by Evelyn Raymond, represents the state in Statuary Hall in Washington, DC.

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