(originally published 3/5/20) (Note from Summer 2021: When I first ran this piece just over a year ago, the current pandemic was just kicking into super spreader mode. There was much confusion about what to do, who should do it, and how many weeks or (yikes!) months it might take for this to be over.Continue reading “War and Pestilence: Kansas City, World War I and the 1918 Influenza”
Category Archives: Social Welfare
The Rogue Nuns of Operation Breakthrough
(originally published 3/14/19) This article was adapted from the book Angles with Angles: The Rogue Nuns behind Operation Breakthrough, by Loring Leifer, available at Amazon.com (see link at bottom.) The book follows the evolution of two nuns from pious convent dwellers to colorful crusaders who fearlessly, and sometimes foolishly, took on a bishop, the CatholicContinue reading “The Rogue Nuns of Operation Breakthrough”
The Gillis Home and Armour Oaks
(originally published 2/28/19) In 1869, the completion of the Hannibal Bridge connected Kansas City to the nation’s expanding rail system. The rail brought so much to Kansas City. In general, it brought much prosperity to the town, and for a select few, it brought untold wealth. For far too many, it brought privations of everyContinue reading “The Gillis Home and Armour Oaks”
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