Amazing Woman
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Goes a bit beyond "wifely duties" HISTORY HUSTLE In 1856 the captain of an American clipper collapsed of illness, leaving his 19-year-old wife to navigate. Mary Patten commanded for 56 days while pregnant, faced down a mutiny, and studied medicine to keep her husband alive. She earned fame and was awarded $1000 for her heroics. She said she was doing "only the plain duty of a wife." - iFunny
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