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Agnes Kjorlie Geelan biography, 1989
- Title
- Agnes Kjorlie Geelan biography, 1989
- Identifier
- P1430
- Date
- 1989
- Creator
- Geelan, Agnes
- Description
- The January 1989 issue of the Binford (North Dakota) Guide, volume 21, January 1989, which tells the story of a Norwegian-American, beginning with her childhood and youth in Hatton, North Dakota, and her education at the Mayville Normal School. She came as a teacher to Enderlin, North Dakota, where she married Elric Geelan, a railroad trainman. She became involved in women's suffrage, the labor union, and local politics, which led to her election as mayor and later as senator in the North Dakota Legislature. She served as Commissioner of the State Workmen's Compensation Bureau, was a member of the North Dakota Commission on the Status of Women and of the North Dakota Constitutional Convention. She is also the author of a biography of Senator Bill Langer and of two novels, The Ministers' Daughters and Pine Cove Revisited.
- Location: 12/A/2
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Type
- Manuscripts
Collection
Citation
Geelan, Agnes, “Agnes Kjorlie Geelan biography, 1989,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10815.