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Nancy Kassebaum and the Tallgrass Preserve | Wichita News
Nancy Kassebaum, the trailblazing Kansas senator who died at 94, didn’t just break gender barriers—she reshaped them. As the first woman elected to the Senate without inheriting her husband’s seat, she forged bipartisan alliances, most notably with Bob Dole. But her legacy lives on in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve—a stunning 11,000-acre sanctuary north of Strong City, officially established in 1996 thanks to her relentless advocacy. This rare ecological gem, home to unique flora and fauna, offers a living time capsule of America’s prairie past. Former Congressman Dan Glickman…
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