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| Worcester City Facts |
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John Adams, the second president of the United States, taught school for the Worcester, MA school district in the 1750's. |
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The first American Nobel Prize winner was Albert A. Michelson of Worcester, MA. Michelson was chairman of Clark University's Physics Department whose prize-winning work concerned the measurement of light. |
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The First National Women's Rights Convention was held in Worcester, MA in 1850. Notable speakers and attendees were Abby Kelly Foster, Lucky Stone, Susan B. Anthony, and William Lloyd Garrison. |
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