Claire E. Owens

(1876-1966) born near Exeter, Fillmore County. Osteopath, legislator, educator, taught for 19 years as a public school music teacher at Exeter, Geneva, and Fairmont, Nebraska, was an osteopath for almost 45 years, served two terms in the Nebraska State Legislature, thought to be first blind public school teacher in the nation, and the first blind woman to serve in a state legislature. Consult Wilber/NE/Republican, June 10, 1938, p. 2 and Lincoln Sunday Journal & Star, September 17, 1961, p. C-10 and Peggy A. Volzke Kelley, Women of Nebraska Hall of Fame (Nebraska International Women's Year Coalition, 1976) 53-54 and Christine Pappas, More Notable Nebraskans (Media Productions and Marketing, 2001) 97-100.

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