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Marcy's contributions of the press were numerous. In prose, they were chiefly in the direction of her philanthropic work, some of them being of such importance as to warrange their distribution by tens of thousands in pamphlet form. In verse, Marcy was less prolific but not less successful. She
278:, in both of which she was a charter member. Marcy, by pen and voice, was a recognized leader. As a sort of corollary to her work with the Woman's Home Missionary Society, Marcy undertook to found what is known as the Elizabeth E. Marcy Home in one of the destitute sections of
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