Research materials on Coya Knutson, 1930-1990.

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Research materials on Coya Knutson, 1930-1990.

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Correspondence, theses, book draft, and research materials compiled by Gretchen Beito, a Thief River Falls (Minn.) newspaper writer, for her book Coya Come Home: A Congresswoman's Journey (1990). The book is a biography of Cornelia Gjesdal (Coya) Knutson, Minnesota's first female member of Congress (Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 1955-1958).

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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