Nell Donnelly (Reed) was a famous Kansas City resident and business owner who was taken for ransom during the Great Depression. Nell was a badass business woman, but she had a few scandalous secrets that came to light following her kidnapping.
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* https://www.seamwork.com/magazine/2015/12/nelly-don-self-made-in-america
* https://kchistory.org/week-kansas-city-history/strange-bedfellows
* https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/r/reed/
* https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%253A115262
* https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%253A115452
* https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20140731/news/140739835
* https://www.podgist.com/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class/nell-donnelly-reed/index.html
* https://medium.com/internet-archaeology/the-business-model-of-depression-era-kidnappings-ba21f81531ef
* https://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/events-and-exhibitions/online-exhibits/missouri-splendor/Missouri_Life.pdf
* https://pendergastkc.org/timeline/nell-donnelly-marries-james-reed