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Frances Fuller Victor was a poet, novelist, journalist, and historian of the mid-to-late 19th century. She is best known for having debunked the "myth" that Dr. Marcus Whitman, a Presbytarian missionary to Oregon, "saved" the region to the United States in the days when both American and British interest in the region was strong. This is one of two substantial biographies written about her in the late 20th century. The other is *Frances Fuller Victor: the witness to America's westerings* by Hazel Mills and Constance Bordwell, researched over many decades and published in 2002.