Jean Carnahan Papers, 2001-2002

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Jean Carnahan Papers, 2001-2002

2001-2002

The Jean Carnahan Papers consist of senatorial correspondence, memos, briefing and hearing papers, publicity clippings, photographs, video cassettes, an interview transcript, speeches, and guest books from the two years she held office in the Senate. The papers are arranged into five series according to the donor’s original order: Senatorial Correspondence, Meeting Papers, Publicity, Personal, and Video Cassettes.

4 linear feet, 89 video cassettes

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Carnahan, Jean, 1933-

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Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20, 1933) is an American politician and writer who was the First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and served as the state's junior United States Senator from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been posthumously elected, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate. Born Jean Anne Carpenter in Washington, D.C., to a working-class family, Carnahan was determi...