A Life of Service
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The new college graduate immediately set out to further the cause of American Indians, working at the U.S Indian Office from 1873 to 1879. Following her first exposure to an American government institution, Alice returned to her native town of Tallahassee, where she worked as a teacher, educating Indian youths over the next 20 years. Alice was selected to run an Indian girls’ boarding school which later developed into the University of Tulsa. It’s currently one of the top educational facilities in the southern United States.