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	Hubbard, Rita Lorraine. THE OLDEST STUDENT : HOW MARY WALKER LEARNED TO READ New York, NY : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020] IL K-3 ISBN 9781524768287
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	This is the story of Mary Walker. She was born into slavery in 1848. When she was 15, all the slaves were freed. Mary dreamed of learning to read but that would have to wait. She had to work to make money to feed her family. She lived a very long life -- well over 100 years! Can you guess how old she was when she finally learned to read?
	SUBJECTS:   Walker, Mary, -- 1848-1969.                         Women slaves.                         Illiterate persons.                         Women -- Biography.

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