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Sisters Keep Women-Owned KC Shop in Family
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| Title | Sisters Keep Women-Owned KC Shop in Family |
| Abstract | Sisters Abbey Fields and Sarah Douglas believe their business, Shop Beautiful, is the only retail store in Kansas City to have been continuously owned and operated by women for at least 75 years. The business began in 1936 by sisters Alice DeVasher and Dorothy Gangwer as an antique and gift store. Fields' and Douglas' mother, Ruthelma Martin, bought the store in 1967. Many Shop Beautiful customers have been coming to the store for decades, and can remember stories about the original owners. |
| Author | Linda Friedel
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| Photographer | Linda Friedel
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| Date | March 30, 2011 |
| Source | Wednesday Sun |
| Location | Microfilm |
| Volume | 74 |
| Number | 13 |
| Page | 1A, 7A |
| Subject | Stores & shops
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| Local Subject | Shop Beautiful
Brookside Shopping Center
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| CONTENTdm number | 40331 |
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