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Incredible Gladys Pyle Collection

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Title

Incredible Gladys Pyle Collection

Identifier

MA 20

Creator

Jeannette Kinyon and Jean Walz

Dates

1918-1987

Extent

0.42 linear feet (one document case) sound recordings

Abstract

This collection is a small representation of the research that Jeanette Kinyon and Jean Walz gathered for biography of Gladys Pyle, titled "The Incredible Gladys Pyle." Pyle was a South Dakota politician and the first woman elected to the United States Senate without having previously been appointed to her position; she was also the first female senator to serve as a Republican and the first female senator from South Dakota.

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