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Title
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'She Got the Job Done': Millionaire Hudson Dies
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Description
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Biography of Mary Hudson, "a self-made multimillionaire who succeeded in a man's world of oil, land and cattle." Her oil company was established in 1933 at 25th and Broadway Boulevard and grew until Hudson was a member of the "Fortune 400 list of richest Americans."
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Date
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1999-09-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Mary Hudson
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Description
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Obituary and description of the life of business executive Hudson.
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Date
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1999-09-04
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Hudson Station
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Description
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Full frontal view of unidentified Hudson Station.
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Date
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1955
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Play to Win: Mary Hudson Survives the Crisis
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Mary Hudson, founder and owner of "Hudson Oil Company, now [1974] owner of over three hundred [gas] stations," headquartered in the Kansas City area. Description of her life and career. During the Great Depression she was "left a widow in her early twenties with a baby daughter," yet starting her own service station and continuing her business through the fuel crisis of the early 1970s, with plans of "building a major oil refinery."
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Date
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1974-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article