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William P. Earle, Jr. on October 22, 1913. They had two children, Mary and William, Jr. Earle's husband died in 1940 of an "abdominal ailment." In 1948, she spent four months in
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when she broke her hip by slipping on the ice, and this may have influenced her decision to retire from council later. In 1949, she retired from New York City politics and moved to Bell House in
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Earle began working in politics in 1907. She started doing municipal research in 1908 and was one of the first women in this field. As a direct result of her early studies, salaries for police
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685:"Ears to the Ground"
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