When Susan Blow opened Des Peres School in 1873, it was the first public kindergarten in the country. Upon her death in 1916, there were more than 400 school districts in the US that provided kindergartens for their students.

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Due to St. Louis's restrictive housing covenants, Ethel Shelley had to rely on a decision from the US Supreme Court to realize her dream of home ownership. The 1948 landmark case was a direct forerunner to later civil rights victories.

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