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Title
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Avis Elida Smith
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Dr. Avis Elida Smith, or Avis Smith, an early woman physician of Kansas City. Born in Illinois in 1851 and coming to Kansas City in 1884 as an obstetrician and head "of the medical department of the Woman's Refuge and Maternity Hospital."
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Date
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1896
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Book Section
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Nell Donnelly Reed
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Description
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Biography of Nell Donnelly Reed (1889-1991), or Nell Reed, designer of women's clothing in the early and mid-1900s with the Donnelly Garment Company and the Nelly Don clothing label, "a stylish, feminine frock which was the foundation of a multi-million dollar business." Native of Parson, Kansas coming to Kansas City in 1906 as Mrs. Paul Donnelly and starting her own company before marrying senator James A. Reed in 1931, becoming the first woman on the board of the Midwest Research Institute, and donating 840 acres of land in Jackson County for the James A. Reed Wildlife Area, etc.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Jacquline Townes McGee
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Description
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Book excerpt with a brief biography and photo of Jacquline Townes McGee, a Missouri state representative, including her committee memberships, birth in Haiti in 1952, and so on.
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Date
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1990
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Book Section
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Title
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Missouri Civil War References
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Description
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This book contains several references to Missouri and the Civil War. Includes chapters entitled: "Home Guards and Home Traitors: Loyalty and Prostitution in Civil War St. Louis" and " 'A Rebel Though She Be': Gender and Missouri's War of the Households" as well as the term "guerrilla warfare in Missouri" in the index.
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2005
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Book Section
