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A photograph of Minnie Tamar Johnson Grinstead at her desk in the Kansas House of Representatives. Grinstead, a Republican from Seward County, Kansas, District 123, served from 1919-1923 and was the first woman legislator in the Kansas House of Representatives. She was born in Crawford County, graduated from the State Normal school at Emporia, taught school, and lectured for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Grinstead was married to Judge Virgil H. Grinstead.
Date: 1923
Item Number: 216267
Call Number: B Grinstead, Minnie J. *4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216267
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1920s - 1923
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Grinstead, Minnie Tamar (Johnson), 1869-1925
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Photographs
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