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Title
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Local Heroes
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Description
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Photo and bio of Ed Smith and his wife Beth Smith, community activists in Kansas City since arriving here in 1947. Description of Ed as a lawyer and "the senior member of Smith Gill Fisher & Butts" involved in "helping Holocaust survivors." Description of Beth as "an adjunct professor at UMKC's Bloch School, hooked up with the Council of Social Agencies" and co-founder of the Central Exchange and the Women's Employment Network.
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Date
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1994-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Women's Work
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Description
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Biographical description of Karen McCarthy, "a representative in the Missouri House" of Representatives starting in 1977 ("the youngest woman ever elected to the Missouri General Assembly" at the age of about 30) and in 1994 "a candidate for Missouri's 5th District for the U. S. House of Representatives."
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Date
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1994-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Women's Work
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Description
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Description of Tina Tucker, a native of Texas (born as Imatene Tucker) coming to Kansas City in 1994 as "Republican candidate for the 6th Congressional District."
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Date
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1994-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Women's Work
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Description
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Biographical description of Pat Danner, a national representative from Missouri, born in about 1934 in Bevier, Missouri. Description of her career and the limited opportunities for women in her youth, becoming a subcabinet member of President Jimmy Carter, in 1982 a state senator, and in 1992 a federal representative.
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Date
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1994-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Women's Work
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Description
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Biographical description of Katheryn Shields, a member of the City Council starting in 1987 and a former member of "the National Organization for Women."
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Date
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1994-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
