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WW1 good
Minne J Grinstead becomes the first woman elected for the kansas state legislature. in 1924 Minnie participated in nominating Republican calvin coolidge for president. This gave her natinal recognition. -
WW1 good
Peggy Hull was the first woman war correspondent accredited by the United States goverment. She reported on the milatary for 31 years, following American soldiers around the world. Her newspaper articals were popular back home because she focused them on the personal side of war. -
WW1 bad
A flu epidimic starts in kansas. The worst flu epidemic in the world may have started in Kansas. Specifically Fort Riley first had the epidimic. -
WW1 good
Kansas becomes more industrial. The decade of the 1920s was one of the great change in Kansas and the nation. our country saw great highs and lows economically. -
Dustbowl bad
Dust bowl starts. It was referred to as the "dirty thirties" or "dust bowl" in the 1930s. These names came from the continuous blowing dust that was result of a series of droughts. -
dustbowl bad
Kansas and the great plains experience severe drought and dust storms. As an effect this become the "dust bowl". -
dustbowl good
Soil erosion serice helps those effected by the dust bowl. Some kansans did not survive the dust bowl. Some were greatly in debt and unable to make a successful living. This Soil Erosion service really helped. -
dust bowl bad
A dust storm overtook morton county. this year was the worst year for dust storms, reffered as "black blizzard". Some Kansans did not survive this. -
WW2 bad
Japan attacks pearl harbor. the united states enters world war 2. If you were listening the NBC news you heard a reporter giving an eyewitness account. Standing on a roof in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. -
WW2 good
WW2 ends. General Dwight D. Eisenhower returned home to Kansas to one of the biggest celebrations the state has ever seen. It's pretty obvious that everyone is happy about this.
