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Title
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Nelle Peters
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Description
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Photo and bio of Nelle Elizabeth Nichols Peters, or Nelle Peters (1884-1974), an early woman architect in Kansas City designing mainly hotel and apartment buildings. Native of North Dakota coming to Kansas City in 1909 shortly before opening her own office, marrying William Peters ("a designer for the Kansas City Terminal Railroad"), and forming an association with Charles Phillips, owner of the real estate development business of the Phillips Building Company.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Portrait and bio of Agnes Rouse (1873-1933), or Lena Rouse, "the first woman to hold a seat on the Kansas City Livestock Exchange." Native of Scotland emigrating to Kansas City in 1878 and taking her late husband's seat on the exchange in 1897, with offices in the Livestock Exchange Building at 1600 Genesee Street for her business, "the A. H. Rouse Commission Company," residing at the Phillips Hotel.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
