Henriette Alice McCrea and Henriette Metcalf not only share their first name; they share an identity. Henriette and Henriette, it turns out, are the same Henriette: Henriette Alice McCrea-Metcalf. This one remarkable woman is a multi-faceted individual who managed to explore life by both filling and rejecting the roles her society placed on her. As you were going through the archive, did you put each Henriette into a different box, assigning pre-determined qualities to each based on your view of women's roles? How does your perception change now that you know you have been learning only about a single woman?  Using your interaction with the different parts of Henriette's life, reflect on how, still today, one might judge women and their roles in society today.

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1. A Message to the Reader: The Archivist's Magic Trick

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