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A fact from Llerena Friend appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 March 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Llerena Friend, the first director of the Barker Center for Texas History, lived in 24 different homes during her youth?
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Llerena Friend, graduation photo, University of Texas, 1924
... that Llerena Friend lived in twenty-four different homes during her youth? Source: "It was the first of what she said would be twenty-four moves in twenty-four years." Hendrickson, "Llerena Friend" in Cox and Hendrickson, Writing the Story of Texas (Austin: University of Texas Press), 2013, p. 86. [1]
ALT1:... that Llerena Friend was the first director of the Barker Center for Texas History? Source: "She worked on the preparation of the Handbook of Texas until 1950, when she became the founding director of the Barker Texas History Center, a position she held until September 1, 1969. Jasinski, "Friend, Llerena Beaufort." Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association. [2].