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First Woman Mayor
The first woman mayor recorded is believed to be Susanna Madora Salter of the United States who served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas in 1887. Since then women have been elected as mayors in cities around the world. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. -
Helium Discovered
But the most prominent scientific project occurred in 1905, when two KU professors discovered that helium, an element scientists believed existed mainly on the sun and only in trace amounts on Earth, could be found in natural gas. -
Eisenhower
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. -
First Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 by two Wichita State University students, Dan and Frank Carney, as a single location in Wichita, Kansas. -
Joan Finney
In addition to being the State of Kansas's first female governor, she was Kansas' oldest governor, taking office at age 65.
