Women

On Jan. 6, 1931, Harry S. Truman was sworn in as Presiding Judge of Jackson County. (See 96-388 and 389). This photo of a group of unidentified women was taken at the same time. They may be wives of Jackson County officials. From: John M. Goodman (from papers of father, William T. Goodman, Constable, Jackson County, Missouri).

Wives of 35th Division veterans, all wearing identical corsages, pose in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library. The event and date are unknown. From: Conrad Smith (from album that had belonged to Francis Yeager, Battery "D")

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) is shown in a three-way handshake with Eugene and Kathy Lebovitz. The occasion, location, and exact date are unknown. From: Chris Josephson, Bible Light Int'l, Inc.

Full-length portrait of Ann Elizabeth Truman, a distant relative of former President Harry S. Truman, who lived in Kentucky. This is an enlargement of 2005-257. From: Sandra Jones.

Full-length studio portrait on small card-stock of Ann Elizabeth Truman, a distant relative of former President Harry S. Truman, who lived in Kentucky. From: Sandra Jones.

Former President Harry S. Truman (fifth from the left) poses with a group of men and women assembled for a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. The only person identifiable is Charles Patrick Clark (on Truman's right, fourth from the left) who was Associate Chief Counsel for The Truman Committee when Truman was a Senator in 1943. From: Charles Patrick Clark.

Former President Harry S. Truman poses for a photo with Mrs. F. E. Ellenfield and son in his office in the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Kansas City, Missouri. From: F.E. Ellenfield.

John J. Bennett, Deputy Mayor of New York, officiates at the opening of a class for first voters, held one evening each week at the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee, Hotel Biltmore, New York. Also shown are, left to right, Judith H. Methven and Rosalie Smiley, both first voters, and Councilwoman Bertha Schwartz, one of the instructors.

In fur-trimmed winter coats and hats, four ladies strike a pose for the camera. Left to right are: Frances Hill, Virginia Elizabeth Colgan Bruner (daughter of Murray Truman Colgan and Milbra "Colga" Colgan), Milbra "Colga" Colgan (wife of Murray Truman Colgan), and Roma Spencer Colgan. Murray Truman Colgan's mother was Emily Ricks Truman Colgan, sister of John Anderson Truman, the father of former President Harry S. Truman. From: Nancy Ehrlich, Jackson County Historical Society

Frances Hill (mother of donor Nancy Ehrlich) poses out of doors in a fur-trimmed winter coat. Frances Hill was a friend of the Colgans, cousins of former President Harry S. Truman. From: Nancy Ehrlich, Jackson County Historical Society