Virginia Jenckes
Wabash Valley profiles : a series of tributes to hometown people and events that have shaped our history
| Description: |
One typed page including photograph; biography of Virginia Ellis (Somes) Jenckes, th first woman from Indiana elected to Congress. Other individuals mentioned include James E. Somes, Mary Somes, Ray Greene Jenckes, Daniel W. Voorhees, Virginia Jenckes, Fred Purnell, Noble Johnson. |
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| Origin: | 2000-03-22 |
| Created By: |
McCormick, Mike |
| Publisher: |
Terre Haute Tribune-Star |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/vchs/id/300 |
| Collection: |
Vigo County Historical Society |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Jenckes, Virginia Ellis, 1877-1975 Legislators Politicians Women Politics People |
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