Madam President. today I rise to honor the recent passing. at age 95. of Agnes Geelan. a dedicated North Dakota author. teacher and politician who is known in my State as the "first woman everything." Agnes was born in Hatton. ND. in 1896 as the daughter of Norwegian homesteaders. Her immigrant father and uncle first arrived in Fargo. ND. by train and then traveled by foot many miles to the north to Traill County to stake a homestead. She graduated from Mayville State College in 1915 and began teaching. until she left that profession in 1918 and 1919 to work to give women the right to vote.
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