Just a bit of almost forgotten Kansas City history to start our Monday and a quick reminder to our blog community it's not just hottie females who contribute to this town . . .
On December 11, 1884, Nelle Nichols Peters was born to a farming family in Niagara, North Dakota. She would become one of the most prolific architects in Kansas City during the 1920s and design nearly 1,000 local buildings. Despite the fact that many of these buildings still occupy prominent locations, especially near the Country Club Plaza, Nelle Peters remains one of the more obscure figures in Kansas City history.
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She is not unattractive, give her a break.
ReplyDeleteFor her time she was a hot ass dyke.
ReplyDeleteMost buildings today will be torn down about the time the TIF runs out. No use to design anything to stand the test of time.
ReplyDeleteShe is not ugly. Don't be a jerk.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Jane Hathaway from the Beverly Hillbilly's.
ReplyDeleteBill Cosby would have
ReplyDeletefucked her
Meet the ugly blogger who hates himself.
ReplyDeleteBill Cosby would fuck a snake, if he could find it's hips..
ReplyDeleteShe began to learn about architectural design while earning $3 per week at the firm.
ReplyDeleteHeck that's better pay then what 98.9% of most bloggers make these days.
Discrimination against female counterparts was common during the 1920's. Her obscurity is intentional.
ReplyDeleteThere are people who prefer to work-produce in obscurity believe it or not.
ReplyDeletePlus people were not consumed with tweeting what they had for lunch and posting Facebook updates - "unboxing my new iPhone" .............................................................................................yawn
For a second, I thought I read "born in Nigeria". Ha! Silly, silly me.
ReplyDeleteShe does look like Jane Hathaway
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Guess she didn't have a lover half her age like that ugly hag Ayn Rand?
ReplyDeleteShit,T, if you had a pic of her riding a roll of blueprints while nekked you'd think she was mighty fine!
ReplyDeleteSo, in your world, despite her normal looks she did build worthy buildings.
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I think that's the point. She wasn't a looker but her work is more important than just looking good.
ReplyDeleteRE: Meet The Ugly Broad Who Built Kansas City!!!
ReplyDeleteTKC forced to apologize after discovering "ugly broad" was an early transgender pioneer!
Your giveaway clue: everyone knows that biological women of that day were incapable of designing buildings!