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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Biographical sketch of Isabelle Ashley, "one of the successful women that dealt in real estate during Kansas City's boom period, controlling considerable eastern capital and making investments here," after moving from Minnesota with her husband, a Standard Oil Company executive.
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1908
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Book
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Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Photo and bio of Mrs. Julia Brown (1835-1908), a teacher and "one of the founders and incorporators of the Women's Christian Association and the Gillis Orphans' Home," working also with the Mother's Union of Kansas City and the Presbyterian Church.
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1908
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Object Type
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Book
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Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Description
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Photo of Clara Cleghorn Hoffman, widow of Dr. Goswin Hoffman (1831-1893), a physician and native of Germany arriving in Kansas City in 1871. Description of Mrs. Hoffman, a teacher and principal in Kansas City at the Lathrop school from 1871 to about 1882 and "state president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union" before dying at her home at 4211 Windsor Avenue in 1908.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Book
