Kansas City Women of Independent Minds

Sat, May 4 2024

3:00pm - 4:00pm

North Independence Community Room 2

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Remind Me Later

Subjects

History

Age Group

For adults

Presenter

David W. Jackson

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Meet women who were integral to Kansas City and Jackson County including Mme. Chouteau, Loula Long Combs, Lucile Bluford, and Mattie Rhodes. Follow local historian David W. Jackson on a journey through time from the early 1800s to present and discover Kansas City’s "herstory."

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