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Mathew Benjamin Brady, Levin Corbin Handy/Wikimedia CommonsWomen are the majority of law school graduates, but in the late 1800's, women could be barred from practicing law depending on the whim of the state. On today's Past and Present, Dr. Robin Henry tells us about how one woman's persistence helped to overturn judicial sexism. -
Sherman Smith/Kansas ReflectorThe museum in Topeka reopens on Nov. 22 with free admission, special guests and activities. It will ask visitors to focus on a singular question: What is Kansas?
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Kansas was years ahead of most of the country in granting women full suffrage. A prank by a few men backfired when Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887. -
The 143rd annual homecoming recently took place in Nicodemus, a small western Kansas town founded in the late 1800s by Black pioneers. -
For the first time, a prominent Black woman, Millie Hodge, will be among those being portrayed as an early settler of Wichita in Old Cowtown. -
The company Pitch Perfect KC won the bid to rehab the Hall of Fame pitcher's long-vacant home in Kansas City's Santa Fe Neighborhood. -
The house that once belonged to the legendary pitcher has sat empty for more than two decades. Now Kansas City seeks proposals to revive it as a community asset. -
Hattie McDaniel made history as the first Black actor to win an Academy Award, for her role as Mammy in “Gone with the Wind.”Now, visitors passing her… -
Time may be running out for the iconic Menninger clock tower in Topeka. It's now one step closer to being torn down.At a meeting of the Topeka Landmarks… -
This past summer, Americans rediscovered the art of baking bread. Whether you got involved or just watched, tried your hand at sourdough, or kept to a… -
Charles Curtis was a leading voice in the fight for women's suffrage. He also orchestrated the breakup of tribal government and communal land in what is now the state of Oklahoma. -
COUNCIL GROVE, Kansas — Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and 30 other schools owe at least part…
