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Housekeeping aides, Topeka, Kansas
United States. Works Progress Administration
Photo of two African American women preparing food in Topeka, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration's domestic science and foods project.
previewMilk maids at the Kansas Women's Industrial Farm, Lansing, Kansas
This photograph shows the dairy barn and milk maids at the Kansas Women's Industrial Farm in Lansing, Kansas. In 1916, this facility was established, and, for a year, it was a branch of the men's prison at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Leavenworth County. In 1917, it began operating as a separate, satellite unit. The Industrial Farm was under the supervision of the State Board of Administration before coming under the control of the Board of Penal Institutions, which was eventually reorganized as the Department of Corrections. It housed women who had committed crimes against the state. In 1980, the facility became co-correctional and the name was changed to the Kansas Correctional Institution at Lansing in 1983.
previewNellie Becker, Topeka, Kansas
Five photographs of Nellie Becker, later Bird, of Topeka, Kansas. Nellie was born near Meriden, Kansas in 1909, moving to Topeka in 1918. She worked for Capper Publishing and later for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company. Nellie's older brother Marshall, was the golf pro at the Topeka Country Club where he taught Nellie and her twin sister Loise to play. Nellie won the Topeka Golf Club Championship in 1932. Two photographs are of Nellie in front of the clubhouse at White Lakes Golf Course in Topeka and in one photograph she is holding a trophy she won in a tournament in Alexandria, Minnesota in 1936.
previewRalph and Wilma Barge
This is a photo of Ralph E. and Wilma N. Barge standing outside in Powhattan, Kansas. According to the 1930 United States Federal Census, Mr. Barge was born in Indiana and was 27 when the photo was taken. Mrs. Barge was born in Kansas and was 26. He was a farmer.
previewSara Wallace
This black and white portrait shows Sara Wallace, (1881-1930), taken from the Sept-Oct 1931 poetry magazine "The Harp". A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Mrs. Wallace and her husband Leslie were the publishers of the Larned, Kansas newspaper the "Tiller and Toiler". As a writer, she wrote about the daily activities surrounding her community. In a series of stories that were published in the "Tiller and Toiler", Mrs. Wallace captured the quality of life in a small Kansas town when she wrote about the daily lives of the women in and around the town of Larned. Her writing talents were put to paper until her death in 1930 at the age of forty-nine.
previewSewing class, Topeka, Kansas
This sepia colored photograph shows a WPA sewing class in Topeka, Kansas. The Works Progress Administration, later renamed the Works Projects Administration, was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to generate jobs and income for the unemployed. This relief program provided employment through a number of community works projects and vocational training for unskilled workers.
previewViews of the Kansas Women's Industrial Farm, Lansing, Kansas
These are two views of the Kansas Women's Industrial Farm in Lansing, Kansas. In 1916, this facility was established, and, for a year, it was a branch of the men's prison at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Leavenworth County. In 1917, it began operating as a separate, satellite unit. The Industrial Farm was under the supervision of the State Board of Administration before coming under the control of the Board of Penal Institutions, which was eventually reorganized as the Department of Corrections. It housed women who had committed crimes against the state. In 1980, the facility became co-correctional and the name was changed to the Kansas Correctional Institution at Lansing in 1983.
previewWalter Augustus Huxman Signing House Bill 309 relating to women in political parties
This black and white photograph shows the twenty-seventh Governor of Kansas Walter A. Huxman signing House Bill No. 309 giving women equal voice with men in political party organizations. The bill also provided for the election of Precinct Committee women instead of their appointment. Those in the photograph have been identified from left to right as follows: Mrs. Willard Greene, Mrs. Katheryn Graham, Stella B. Haines, Governor Huxman; Mrs. Ben L. Mickel, Mrs. W.C. Harris, and Ann Laughlin.
previewWinifred Schreiber
This photograph shows Winifred Schreiber standing in front of the Hazen Cabin Camps in Ransom, Kansas after a dust storm.
previewWomen canning, Wichita, Kansas
United States. Works Progress Administration
Women preparing jars for canning, Wichita, Kansas, part of the Works Progress Administration's domestic science and foods project.
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