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Title
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Civic Housekeepers And More
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Description
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A history of women's organizations and women civic leaders in Kansas City. Beginning the in the 1850s and continuing forward, women in Kansas City sought to form groups that addressed issues of education, charity, morality, reform, and equality. Organizations such as the Kansas City Athenaeum, the Women's City Club, and the Forward Kansas City Committee created an environment of female civic engagement and activism, playing a key role in overhauling the politically-corrupt city government in the elections of 1940.
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Date
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2013-12
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Judge Truman Runs For the Senate
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Description
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A 20 page paper about Harry Truman's senatorial campaign of 1934 and his political career and ties to the Jackson County Pendergast machine, etc. Indicates on the paper that it was written for a Kansas University seminar in 1966.
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Date
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1966
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Object Type
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Manuscript
