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Title
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Women Who've Changed the Heart of the City
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Description
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Profile of six Kansas City women who have helped shape the world of philanthropy in Kansas City, Missouri. Includes Anita Gorman, Shirley Helzberg, Mamie Hughes, Carol Marinovich, Jeannette Nichols, and Beulah Bulkley. Includes images.
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2008-04-12
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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The Guerrilla Shirt
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Description
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Article analyzing Missouri guerrilla fighters and how their choice of clothing expressed purpose, identity, and connections to close female friends and relatives. Many guerrilla fighters such as "Bloody" Bill Anderson wore highly-decorated shirts made by sisters, mothers, and wives. These shirts set them apart from other civilians and military personnel, and served as signals that women back home supported their cause.
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Date
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2012-06
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Special Civil War Issue
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Description
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Among the key articles in this special issue about the Civil War are the following: "New Madrid Bend, 1862: The Most Important Civil War Battle in Missouri;" "Building Union From Neutrality: St. Louis and the Cultural Civil War;" "'They Go in Droves Every Night': Enslaved Missourians' Journey to Freedom;" "Florence M. Cornyn: St. Louis Physician and Union Cavalry Colonel;" "Banished!: How Lily Frost, Lucy Nicholson, and Harriet Snodgrass Paid the Price of Disloyalty;" and "A Vicotry in Boone County: The Unlikely Emancipation of Sanford Shirkey."
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Date
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2011
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation
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Description
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Description of the Ali Kemp Educational Foundation (T.A.K.E.) founded by Roger Kemp in memory of his daughter Ali who was murdered at a Leawood swimming pool in June of 2002. The foundation provides girls and women ages 12 and older free hands-on self-defense training. Another activity is Ali's Runway, an annual prom fashion show and self-defense class "wrapped into one fun, educational event."
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Date
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2008-12-06
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Local Heroes: Class of 2019
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Description
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Profiles and descriptions of six philanthropists that highlight their contributions to the Kansas City Community. Highlighted projects include an urban golf course, the Rose Brooks Center, the Child Protection Center, Veterans Community Project, Literacy KC, and the Kansas City Campus for Animal Care.
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Date
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2019-12
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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The '81 Club
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Description
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The '81 Club recently celebrated its 125th anniversary with a dinner at the Kansas City Country Club. This women's club was founded by Sarah Coates and others to "associate themselves together for the purpose of mental improvement and the pursuit of a systematized course of study." The program for the evening was given by local historian Dory DeAngelo. Includes a photograph of the group.
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Date
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2007-03-03
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Object Type
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Magazine
