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American missionary Corinna Shattuck disbursing wages

Vilayet of Aleppo

American missionary Corinna Shattuck (center, while writing) disbursing wages to Armenian women and girls working for the needlework workshop. She established the workshop with the goal of providing a source of income for Armenian women and girls widowed or orphaned as a consequence of the 1895 massacres. (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)

Ourfa, Turkey

circa 1900s

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