Nell Donnelly Reed
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Nell Donnelly Reed
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Biography of Nell Donnelly Reed (1889-1991), or Nell Reed, designer of women's clothing in the early and mid-1900s with the Donnelly Garment Company and the Nelly Don clothing label, "a stylish, feminine frock which was the foundation of a multi-million dollar business." Native of Parson, Kansas coming to Kansas City in 1906 as Mrs. Paul Donnelly and starting her own company before marrying senator James A. Reed in 1931, becoming the first woman on the board of the Midwest Research Institute, and donating 840 acres of land in Jackson County for the James A. Reed Wildlife Area, etc.
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Creator: Flynn, Jane F.
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1992
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Related Item
Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Shelf Locator
MVSC 920.72 F64k
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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