Word: outmatches
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...only brown turbanite in the parade. Lightly as the Bosses appraise the worth of women in politics, they saw to it that Houston need yield nothing to Kansas City in the number, the beauty, the distinction of its lady delegates. Mabel Walker Willebrandts were scarce, but the Bosses could outmatch Leona Curtis Knight, daughter of mere Vice-Presidential Curtis, with Emily Smith Warner, favorite daughter of the Brown Derby himself. Delegate Warner was not unbefriended. Her mother, husband,* sister, three brothers, many in-laws, were among the watched and watching observers. But she missed her father, sent him cheering messages...