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Title
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Women
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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The Negro in Kansas City
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Description
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1944 Survey of African-American community in Kansas City designed to "bring to light facts regarding problems which face the Negro in Kansas City, Missouri, and which are not commonly known by the public." Authors were the Broadside Study Group of League of Women Voters. Topics include education, health and welfare, housing and sanitation, cultural and recreation facilities, labor and employment, and public service. The survey ends with recommendations and a resources / bibliography section.
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Date
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1944-04
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Missouri Women
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Description
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File contains a copy of an extensive article in the 1971-1972 Missouri Blue Book providing biographical sketches of prominent women in Missouri's history, with photos. The following female motion picture stars were originally from Missouri: Shelley Winters (Saint Louis), Ginger Rogers (Independence), Josephine Baker (Saint Louis), Jane Wyman (Saint Joseph), Betty Grable (Saint Louis), and Jean Harlow (Kansas City).
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Indian Women
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Description
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Snapshot view of two women in Indian costume. Identified by Montgomery as Kelly Miller, 1956, Engleman sisters. Date on front of photograph, Aug. 1959.
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Date
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1959
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Unidentified Women
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Description
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Three women outside an unidentified building looking at what appears to be a check. Probably members of the Women's Committee of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Date
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1965~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Inspiring Women
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Description
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Pamphlet about St. Teresa's Academy contains a timeline with photos and drawings chronicling the history of the school from its establishment on August 4, 1866. It also includes information on the current status of the school.
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Date
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2010~
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Object Type
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Pamphlet
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Title
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Enterprising Women
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Description
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Chapter in the book which highlights both Ida Rosenthal, founder of Maindenform, Inc., and Kansas City's Nell Donnelly Reed and her Nelly Don dresses.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Calculating Women
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Description
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Article about the growing trend of women in upper positions as bankers.
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Date
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1980-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Know Your County
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Description
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Description of the incorporation of Jackson County on December 15, 1826, its area "severed from Lafayette County" and "named for that great popular hero of the time, Andrew Jackson. The county seat was christened Independence probably because Jackson had a fiercely independent quality."
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Date
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1969
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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National Organization for Women
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Description
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File containing information on the National Organization for Women, including the a copy of the NOW Pages, a newsletter listing business services for women.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Association of Women Broadcasters
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Description
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Interior, group view identified as the Association of Women Broadcasters of the National Association of Broadcasters, 10th District. View was taken at a luncheon held at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri on September 21, 1949. Women are not identified. Anne Hayes, chairperson of the group, appears to be seated to the right of the large table floral decoration.
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Date
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1949-09-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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12th Street, Women Walking
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Description
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View from behind of two unidentified women walking arm-in-arm down 12th Street towards the Empress Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Theater sign is visible and reads Loew's Empress Theatre.
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Date
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1915-07-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Women Waiting for Bus
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Description
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Unidentified group of women waiting for bus at 47th and the Paseo during a snowstorm.
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Date
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1949-01
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Women On Steps
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Description
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Two women identified as Nell T. and Millie J. laughing on the porch steps of a house.
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Date
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1915-08-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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