Dedication
TO MY NEAREST AND DEAREST—
MY SILENT PARTNERS—
MY HUSBAND AND MY MOTHER.
Epigraph
“We are proud of Kansas, the beautiful queen,
And proud are we of her fields of corn;
But a nobler pride than these I ween,
Is our pride in her children, Kansas born!”
—Ellen P. Allerton—
Note
—Or adopted. In this galaxy of bright women, the State has a noble pride for every name, be its owner Kansas born or adopted, is a mightier force for good than its “walls of corn.”