Gracie Pfost Collection 1936-1973

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Gracie Pfost Collection 1936-1973

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv01327

Chiefly memorabilia in the form of clippings, photos, invitations, tickets, programs, campaign literature, and the like; together with copies of several Congressional speeches, press releases, and bills sponsored by Idaho Representative Gracie Bowes Pfost.

2 linear feet (3 boxes, plus oversize material)

eng,

Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6364052

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Pfost, Gracie Bowers, 1906-1965

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Gracie Bowers Pfost (March 12, 1906 – August 11, 1965) was an American businesswoman and politician. She was the first woman to represent Idaho in the United States Congress, serving five terms as a Democrat in the House of Representatives from 1953 to 1963. Born Gracier Bowers in an Ozark Mountain log cabin in Harrison, Arkansas, Pfost was five when her parents moved to a farm near Boise, Idaho, in 1911. She quit Meridian High School at 16 in 1922 and worked as a milk analyst at a dairy in N...