SELFISH INTENTIONS - K-REx - Kansas State University

Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge the following people for their support and encouragement
throughout my life and especially during graduate school:
I have been truly honored to work with my committee including my major professor Dr. Sue
Zschoche, who taught me to love women’s history and to look outside the box; Dr. Lou
Williams, who taught me to love Southern history and how Constitutional history is interwoven
throughout the story of American history; and Dr. Charles Sanders, who taught me how to teach
history. I would also like to acknowledge the support of Dr. MJ Morgan and the Kansas State
University Chapman Center for Rural Studies during this project.
I cannot thank Cathy Haney and the Clay County Historical Society enough for their help during
my research, as well as the staff of the Clay County Courthouse and Kansas State Historical
Society. Furthermore, I appreciate the help of Sandra Reddish during this project.
I would like to thank the James Madison Memorial Fellowship for their support for my graduate
studies.
Finally, I would like to thank the Kansas State University Department of History faculty and
staff for their assistance throughout my career at K-State.
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