Study in Europe

Valerie Harris

Apr 24 min

"Darn This War!" The dream summer in Paris ends abruptly

Settling into her summer sojourn, Laura began plotting her version of the grand tour. “From Paris I intended to go to Geneva and then to...

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Valerie Harris

Mar 263 min

Sisters Abroad: Laura Wheeler Waring and Jessie Fauset, Paris, 1914

Although Laura was now in Paris independent of her Academy classmates, she was not alone for long. Visiting Paris at the time were two...

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Valerie Harris

Mar 193 min

The First Time She Saw Paris... Laura Wheeler Waring, 1914

“Miss Laura Wheeler, a colored girl of Hartford, Conn., has been awarded a European Traveling Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Academy of...

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