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Dorothy Hosmer
Dorothy Hosmer (1911–2008) was an American photographer and travel writer, known as the first woman freelance contributor to the National Geographic magazine. During a career that extended from the 1930s through the 1940s, she published her work in geographic and travel magazines as well as news media and books. Born in Wisconsin, she grew up in Illinois, Florida, Texas, and New Jersey as her father moved his architectural practice from one location to another. In 1936 she made a spur-of-the-moment decision to travel by bicycle through central and southern Europe with an eye to preparing illustrated articles about her encounters along the way. In 1938 ''National Geographic'' published one of her articles, and over the next few years published three more. The first three covered her travels in Poland, Romania, and the western parts of Ukraine that were then in Romania. The last of them, which appeared four months before the United States entered World War II, covered her travels i ...
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Wauwatosa ( ; colloquially Tosa) is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 48,387 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Wauwatosa is a suburb located immediately west of Milwaukee and is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It is named after the Potawatomi Chief Wauwataesie and the Potawatomi word for firefly. History The lush Menomonee Valley of the Wauwatosa area provided a key overland gateway between the rich glacial farmland of southeastern Wisconsin and the Port of Milwaukee. In 1835, Charles Hart became the first Euro-American to settle here, followed that year by 17 other families. The following year a United States Road was built from Milwaukee through Wauwatosa, eventually reaching Madison, Wisconsin, Madison. Charles Hart built a mill in 1845 on the Menomonee River which gave the settlement its original name of "Hart's Mill." The mill was torn down in 1914. The civil township, Town of Wau-wau-too-sa was created by act of th ...
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