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Title
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KC @ 150--Lasting Legacies: 135 More
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Description
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Photo and biographical sketch of Lyda Burton Conley, or Lyda Conley (1874-1946), "[t]hought to be the first female attorney to plead before the U. S. Supreme Court." Part Wyandotte Indian and "noted for both her defense against efforts by the federal government and others to rescind a treaty and develop the [Wyandotte Indian] tribe's Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kan."
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Date
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2000-05-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Women Lawyers In and Around Kansas City
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Description
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Article profiles four Kansas City area women lawyers: Mary Tiera Farrow, Leona H. Pouncey Thurman, Mary Elizabeth Lease and Lyda Conley. Photograph of Tiera Farrow only.
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Date
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2005-03
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
