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Nellie Gayden

This is a photograph of Nellie Gayden who was born June 11, 1909, in Dunlap, Kansas.

Sarah Kline Pendleton

Moore, Henry

This is a photograph of Sarah Kline Pendleton, who resided in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the mother of Dr. Edward T. Pendleton, a successful physician who practiced in Wellsville, Kansas. Her step-brothers were J. D. Botkin, who ran for Kansas governor in 1908, and J. T. Botkin, who served as assistant secretary of state.

Betty Wollman portrait

Gordon, Boris B.

Oil painting of Betty Kohn Wollman (1836-1927) done by artist, Boris Barnhard Gordon (1890-1976). Jonas and Betty Wollman were early settlers in Leavenworth, Kansas, known for their anti-slavery views. The Wollmans hosted a dinner for Abraham Lincoln during his visit to Leavenworth in December 1859. Late in life, Betty Wollman assisted in the model selection for the ?Pioneer Woman? statue in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Amazon army, near Pittsburg, Kansas

New York Times

This newspaper clipping, from the New York Times, features a group of women marching in protest during a coal mine strike in southeast Kansas. Dubbed the" Amazon Army," the women marched through the coal fields carrying large American flags to show their support for better wages and improved working conditions for their family members who worked in the camps.

Fern Gayden

This is a photograph of Fern Gayden possibly taken in Dunlap, Kansas. Fern Gayden was born September 29, 1904, in Dunlap, Kansas, where she attended elementary and secondary schools. She went on to attend Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia and taught school for one year. Fern Gayden moved to Chicago at the age of 23. She had a 50-year career as a social worker but became best known as a literary, fine arts, and political activist. A founding member of the South Side Writers Group in the 1930s, Fern Gayden's long and diverse career included leadership roles in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the South Side Community Art Center. During World War II, she co-published Negro Story magazine with Alice Browning.

Amazon army, near Pittsburg, Kansas

New York Times

This newspaper clipping, from the New York Times, features a group of women gathered during a coal mine strike near Pittsburg, Kansas. Dubbed the "Amazon Army," the women marched through the coal fields carrying large American flags to show their support for better wages and improved working conditions for their family members who worked in the camps. The caption reads: "Women Raiders Invading a Mine. Near Pittsburg, Kan., forcing the workmen to drop their tools and kiss the American flag."

Isabel Erickson, Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas

Isabel Erickson attended the Menninger School of Psychiatric Nursing. She is shown in her nurse's uniform, cap and cape. The Menninger Clinic was created to care for individuals with mood, personality, anxiety and addictive disorders, as well as teaching mental health professionals and advancing mental healthcare through research.

Josephine Braham Johnson

This is a studio photograph of Josephine Braham Johnson, who was born June 18, 1838, near Gallatin, Tennessee. She was one of 13 children born to Harriet Braham, a slave. When Josephine was 13, she married Columbus Johnson, and they had their first child a year later. After they gained their freedom, the Johnson's bought a home in Gallatin. Later they purchased and built homes in Topeka and Dunlap, Kansas. In Dunlap, she had a boarding house and sold vegetables, chickens, eggs, milk, and butter. She died on April 6, 1910.

Garfield School, Topeka, Kansas

Three black and white photographs of Garfield School in Topeka, Kansas, serving as an emergency hospital, possibly during the Spanish Influenza epidemic.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Valley Falls, Kansas

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

This photograph shows a group of women at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Valley Falls, Kansas. The passenger cars and a milk wagon are visible in the background.