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WOMEN OF DISTINCTION.
CHAPTER VI.
MRS. W. E. MATHEWS.
("VICTORIA EARLE").
This very gifted writer was born May 27th, 1861, in Fort Valley, Ga., just prior to "the breaking out of the war" of the rebellion, being the youngest of nine children, all of whom were slaves.
MRS. W. E. MATHEWS.
It did not then appear to what extent the world would feel the influence of her pen and her strong moral and mental powers in after years. Those dark days of solici-
