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Title
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''A Stitch in Time'' Premieres Friday
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Description
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The story of dress manufacturer Nell Donnelly Reed is captured in a new book and documentary film produced by her great great nephew Terence Michael O'Malley. The film is entitled "Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time" and premiered May 12, 2006, at the Screenland Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. "Her factories are now trendy lofts (the Western Auto building) and offices (Corrigan Building) but once produced 5,000 dresses a day. The 12th of the 13 Quinlan children born to Irish immigrants in Parsons, Kan., Nell made her first million dollars by the age of 26."
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Date
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2006-05-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Whoa, Nelly
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Description
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Brief item describing a documentary entitled Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time, created by Terence O'Malley, nephew of Nell Donnelly Reed. O'Malley published a companion biography of Reed in 2006, as well.
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Date
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2006-05-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
