Kelly, Eva, 1892-1985

Eva Kelly Bowring (January 9, 1892 – January 8, 1985) was a rancher and U.S. Senator from Nebraska. She was a member of the Republican Party.

Born Eva Kelly in Nevada, Missouri, she attended school in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1911, at age 19, she married Theodore Forester, a grain and feed salesman. After her husband's death in 1924, Eva Forester moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, and took up her husband's work selling livestock feed. She remarried in 1928 to Arthur Bowring, who had served as county commissioner and went on to win election as a representative and senator in the Nebraska state legislature. They made their home at the Barr-99 ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Nebraska. After her husband’s death in 1944, Eva Bowring operated the Barr-99, becoming the first woman to chair the Nebraska Stockgrowers Association Brand Committee.

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