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Title
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The Best Golfer of Her Era
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Description
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Article desribes the life and career of Opal Hill, a pioneer female golfer from Kansas City. Hill, who overcame a severe illness and worked as a registered nurse until 1969, was born in 1892 and raised in Minneappolis, Kansas.
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Date
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2003-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Opal Trout Hill, or Opal Hill (1892-1981), a professional golf player and former nurse. Description of her life and career as a native of Nebraska coming to Kansas City around 1920 and becoming a golf champion and in 1938 one of "the only two women golf pros in the world," co-founding the LPGA (the Ladies Professional Golf Association).
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
