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101. Kayakers Tough, Tender Run Big Muddy Kayakers Tough, Tender Run Big Muddy August 3, 2006 The Missouri River 340, a first time canoe/kayak race on the Missouri River between Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kansas and St. Charles started on Wednesday, August 2, 2006. There were 20 competitors (14...
102. KC @ 150--Lasting Legacies: 135 More KC @ 150--Lasting Legacies: 135 More May/21/2000 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...
103. KC Blues Scene Mourns Singer KC Blues Scene Mourns Singer December 26, 2007 Annetta "Cotton Candy" Washington, local blues singer, died December 25, 2007, at the age of 76. Her death was due to complications from a stroke. "She was a founding member of the Kansas City Blues Society...and...
104. KC Training Ground KC Training Ground August 30, 2007 DVD of the movie "Dr. T and the Women" includes a new 10-minute documentary that explores Robert Altman's formative years with KC's Calvin Corp, "at the time the world's biggest script-to-screen producer...
105. KC Woman Was One of First Female State Legislators KC Woman Was One of First Female State Legislators February 4, 1987 Biographical article about Sarah Lucille Turner, or Sarah Turner (1898-1972) of Kansas City, the "first female legislator" in the Missouri state legislature along with Melcene Smith (of Saint Louis) in...
106. KC Women's Clubs Pass into Obscurity KC Women's Clubs Pass into Obscurity April 18, 2009 The last official meeting of the Woman's City Club and the Presidents and Past Presidents General Assembly, both formed more than 90 years ago, will be held April 2009. A third club, the Kansas City Athenaeum,...
107. KCK Woman One of 32 U. S. Rhodes Scholars KCK Woman One of 32 U. S. Rhodes Scholars December/19/1983 Article about the second black woman ever to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, Jeanette Marie Pitts, of Kansas City Kansas, 21 years old and preparing for medical school.
108. Kemper Hires a New Curator Kemper Hires a New Curator August 9, 2009 The Kemper Museum of Modern Art has named Barbara O'Brien as its fifth curator. O'Brien is a Bonner Springs, Kansas, native and formerly an assistant professor of art and director of the Trustman Art Gallery...
109. Kenneth Krakauer Kenneth Krakauer June/18/2001 Photo and obituary for Kenneth Krakauer (1918-2001), a civic activist, golf historian, and "owner and President of Adler's a chain of women's specialty stores, founded in 1894, by his grandfather, Bernhard...
110. Latina Conference Highlights Local Acheivers [sic] Latina Conference Highlights Local Acheivers [sic] August 4-10, 2005 Two women received awards at the Midwest Latina Conference. Katalina "Kathy" A. Tinoco of Dick Smith Ford dealership received the "Estrella en Ascenso" Award. Maria Antonia, KMBC anchor woman, received...
111. Lawyer Hopes 'Firsts' Aren't 'Lasts' for Blacks Lawyer Hopes 'Firsts' Aren't 'Lasts' for Blacks February 15, 1975 File containing a photo and biographical article about Mrs. Leona Pouncey Thurman, or Leona Thurman, "the first black woman to be admitted to the bar in Jackson County and to practice the profession in...
112. Leaves a Home Post: Nettleton Presidency Given Up by Miss Lucy Bigelow Leaves a Home Post: Nettleton Presidency Given Up by Miss Lucy Bigelow January/10/1950 Article about Lucy Stowe Bigelow and her career in public service, including the establishment of a private school from 1890 to roughly 1938, as well as the presidency of the George H. Nettleton Home for...
113. Lelah Harrison Brown: Original Poetess Lelah Harrison Brown: Original Poetess November/7/1897 Illustration and article about Lelah Harrison Brown, or Lelah Brown, "author of the Golden Rod" collection of poetry, a resident of Saint Louis, Missouri, from Virginia.
114. Libraries of the West Libraries of the West November/30/1895 Speech by Kansas City librarian Carrie W. Whitney about Western libraries, including the Kansas City Public Library.
115. Lorenzo Gilyard Lorenzo Gilyard 2004-2007 Articles from April 19, 2004, to April 14, 2007, about the arrest and trial of alleged serial killer Lorenzo Gilyard. Gilyard was convicted of killing six women and linked by DNA to the killing of six...
116. Mamie Hughes Still Has No Time for Nonsense: Woman of the Year Has Never Tired of Doing for Others Mamie Hughes Still Has No Time for Nonsense: Woman of the Year Has Never Tired of Doing for Others September/16/1998 File containing photos and a biographical article about Mamie Hughes Rodgers, "69, known professionally as Mamie Hughes," a "longtime activist in politics and civil rights" honored in 1998 "as Woman of...
117. MANA Chapter Heads into 2003 with Renewed Vigor MANA Chapter Heads into 2003 with Renewed Vigor February/6 - 19/2003 Article provides a history and summary of current activities of MANA - the Mexican American Women's National Association. The organization connects and helps to prepare Hispanic women for leadership in...
118. Mattie Rhodes Center Awarded $75,000 for Study Mattie Rhodes Center Awarded $75,000 for Study August/23/2000 The Mattie Rhodes Center and Newhouse will use a $75,000 grant to develop a joint project designed to meet the needs of Hispanic and Spanish speaking residents of Jackson County and its domestic violence...
119. Mattie Rhodes to Assist Hispanic Mothers Mattie Rhodes to Assist Hispanic Mothers August/14/2002 Money received from the Children's Trust Fund, a Missouri nonprofit child abuse prevention organization, will be used to help Hispanic mothers to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect. The goal is...
120. Memories Run Back to Thirty Years Ago Today Memories Run Back to Thirty Years Ago Today November/11/1948 Article about the first woman to serve as marshal of a Kansas City parade, Lieutenant Commander Barry O'Neill Scanlan, also a professor at Kansas University, with photos.