Description
The Memorable Words of The Man From Missouri, inscribed by President Harry Truman to the first female Treasurer of the United States, Georgia Neese Clark.
Twelvemo, [2], 61pp, [1]. Blue hardcover, title stamped in white on front cover. No additional printings noted. In the publisher’s dust jacket, price clipped, bright illustrations, a fine example. Letter of provenance from a family friend of the recipient.
Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Georgia Neese + Andy Gray / from / Harry S. Truman.”
A scarce title signed by Truman, one of four known examples signed for friends and family.
Georgia Neese Clark (1898-1995) was the first woman appointed Treasurer of the United States, serving from June 1949 to January 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. A graduate in economics from Washburn College, she worked briefly as an actress in New York before returning to Kansas to manage her family’s bank during the Great Depression. A committed Democrat, she became Kansas’s Democratic National Committeewoman in 1936 and supported Truman’s 1948 presidential campaign. Following his victory, Truman appointed her Treasurer, making her the first woman whose signature appeared on U.S. currency.
