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Also Known As Alice Ruth Dunbar Nelson • Alice Ruth Moore
Born July 19, 1875 • New Orleans • Louisiana
Died September 18, 1935 (aged 60) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Notable Works “The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories”
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