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Kearns, Ardis, 1922-2000

Las Vegas, Nevada community activist Ardis Kearns joined the League of Women Voters of the Las Vegas Valley chapter in 1956 and was instrumental in the organization's first meeting, held in Las Vegas in 1964. In 1975 she was elected as the League of Women Votes of Nevada president and her motto for the two-year term was "League Does Make a Difference." In addition to her extensive work with the League, Kearns was a member of the Southern Regional District Allocation Committee on Police and Criminal Justice from 1974 to 1977.

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Keeler, Dorothy A., 1900-1976

Dorothy Keeler (1900-1976) served as the Chief Deputy County Clerk in Clark County, Nevada in the 1930s. In this position, she issued many marriage licenses to Hollywood celebrities and others who came to Las Vegas to get married. Born Dorothy Alice Vandewerkern in Otego, New York, she married Charles Keeler in Reno, Nevada in 1927. The couple relocated to Las Vegas where Charles Keeler worked for Frank Garside at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Keelers later moved to Washington, D.C.

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Klein, Freda, 1920-2012

Freda Klein was born on May 17, 1920. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1942, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. By the mid-1960s she was living in Las Vegas with her husband and three children. In 1966 she began her career with the State of Nevada Employment Security Department. She also returned to school, eventually earning a Master's degree at age 49 and a doctorate at age 59. In 1978 she became the head of the Office of the Employment Security Department in Henderson, Nevada.

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Vergiels, John M., 1937-2009

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