Antonia Shimerda became independent at an early age due to her father committing suicide. She had to help work the farm. When she was a couple years older she moved to the city of Black Hawk to be a servant girl. She fell in love and planned to marry, but her fiance left her alone and pregnant. Instead of getting rid of the baby she took care of it all by hers

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Approximate Word count = 434
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)