Marker honoring Minnie Johnson Grinstead taken
in 1933. Pictured in center in Darline Vance.
Courtesy of the Seward County Historical Society,
Used by permission.
| Elizabeth Taggart, the granddaughter of Minnie Johnson Grinstead, offers the following explanation of the significance of the "club woman" in the early part of the 20th century: |
| "She was a club woman. She was in great demand to lecture. And being a club woman . . . it was a very important part of society in town in KS. It was where women got together and had any kind of exchange of ideas . . . the church cirlcle, the Kansas Day association that goes on even today on Kansas Day; all of those were very important to women. And Minnie J. was a frequent speaker. " |
| It was one of these associations that honored Minnie Grinstead in the 1930s for her contribution to Kansas through her work as a Representative and activist. The plaque in the picture below, originally located in a Liberal park, was dedicated to Mrs. Grinstead in November 20, 1933. |
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Marker honoring Minnie Johnson Grinstead taken in 1933. Pictured in center in Darline Vance. Courtesy of the Seward County Historical Society, Used by permission. |