Clara Cressingham was one of the first women to serve in a legislative body in the US. After receiving an education in Brooklyn's public schools

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Brooklyn politicians Clara Cressingham and Shirley Chisholm

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The role of women in World War I — nurses who saved lives

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Brooklyn Military Memorial — History of Creation

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Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn — the face of the US Army in New York

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Brooklyn and World War II — at the forefront of the home front

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