Hannah Kempfer
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Hannah Jensen Kempfer was a Norwegian-American schoolteacher, farmer, and politician. She was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1923 to 1930 and from 1933 to 1942, representing D
Hannah Kempfer circa 1922
Johannah Josephine Jensen in Stavanger, Norway (circa 1883)
Myrtle Cain
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Myrtle Agnes Cain was an American politician and labor activist. She served as president of the Women's Trade Union of Minneapolis and was a member of the Minnesota Farmer Labor Party. In 1923 and 192
Hannah Kempfer
…a Ford Model T. In November she was elected as one Minnesota's first four woman legislators alongside Mabeth Hurd Paige, Sue Metzger Dickey Hough and Myrtle Cain. She became friends with Paige, who assisted her financially. She was the first woman elected to the Legislature from rural Minnesota, hailing from…
Cain c. 1924
Cain's official State House portrait, 1923