Carter was a 1936 graduate of the School of Nursing at the State University of Iowa who was active in Democratic politics and whose correspondence includes round robin letters.
Teacher and abolitionist who assisted fleeing slaves on the Underground Railroad while living in Fremont County, Iowa. Taught school to Pawnee children in Pennsylvania and Nebraska.
Jennifer Riggs attended Simpson College and graduated in 1899. After her marriage to George Cosson, she became a teacher and a suffragist, and was in demand as a speaker.
