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		butliteracyrate on Nov 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 191... I guess that depends on the literacy rate around 1900.

blululu on Nov 27, 2022 [–]

It was high. America is historically one of the more educated countries. During the civil war literacy among native born whites was over 90%. By WWI I believe it was over 95%, and by WWII it was nearly universal among native born adults.

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