The Lady Birds Democratic Club founded by Lorine Lucinda Krebs

The Lady Birds Democratic Club founded by Lorine Lucinda Krebs
 
Lorine L. Krebs 
b: August 1, 1917, Independence, MO,
​to Carl and Dovey (Vaughn) Fisher
d: July 25, 2015, Lowry City, MO
 
A conversation between Arthur S. Krebs, III and Heather Krebs,
​October 26, 2022​

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It was the first women's Democratic club in the 7th Congressional District of southwest Missouri. And that was a big deal in that part of the state because there weren't any Democrats down there.  
​Art Krebs

​A conversation between Arthur S. Krebs, III and Heather Krebs,
​October 26, 2022​

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Portrait of Lorine Krebs, Rockne Krebs, 1968

I recently brought home from the studio a large plate that has a portrait of Grandma on it that my Dad painted. It's from the 1960s​ - Heather

She was in her 40s at the time, she didn’t like the portrait, she said it made her look old, but really it looked exactly how she looked. When she was in her 50s, then she said she liked the portrait. - Art

The Lady Birds
It was at the time, not long after John Kennedy was assassinated, and everything was named after him. And they were picking out a name for the group, and so Mom came up with The Lady Birds, since Lyndon Johnson's wife's nickname was Lady Bird. And then I believe that she [Lady Bird Johnson] heard about the club and wrote Mom a letter. Mom had that letter for a long time, thanking her for naming it after her. - Art Krebs

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Lorine Fisher high school photo

Lorine in 1955

Arthur and Lorine Krebs with their son, Rockne, 1939

​I’d go to several of those meetings with her, and in those days, down in those windy roads, you would not believe the roads in those days. I’d drive her sometimes to those meetings, and it was quite a distance and things and always late at night. Mail was still being delivered by donkey on some of those roads back then. - Art Krebs

Lorine Krebs at Rockne's first solo exhibit in Washington, DC, 1967

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​- H. Krebs, October 27, 2022