Records, 1940-1962 (bulk 1958-1962)

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Records, 1940-1962 (bulk 1958-1962)

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Correspondence, clipping files, campaign material, and miscellaneous papers relating to the political career of Gracie Bowers Pfost, including her campaigns for re-election as Canyon County (Idaho) treasurer (1940-1950), her service as U.S. representative from Idaho (1952-1958); and her campaign for a U.S. Senate seat, 1962.

4.5 ft.

Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7489185

Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society

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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...