Editing Kansas (section)

=== 20th century ===
In response to demands of [[Methodists]] and other [[evangelical Protestants]], in 1881 Kansas became the first U.S. state to adopt a constitutional amendment [[Prohibition|prohibiting]] all [[Alcohol laws of Kansas|alcoholic beverages]], which was repealed in 1948. Anti-saloon activist [[Carrie Nation]] vandalized her first saloon in [[Kiowa, Kansas|Kiowa]] in 1900. In 1922, suffragist [[Ella Uphay Mowry]] became the first female gubernatorial candidate in the state when she ran as "Mrs. W.D. Mowry". She later stated: "Someone had to be the pioneer. I firmly believe that some day a woman will sit in the governor's chair in Kansas."<ref>"[https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll36/id/28707/ Less of Oratory and More Work Novel Platform] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190723/https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll36/id/28707/ |date=July 9, 2021 }}." Alliance, Ohio: ''The Alliance Review and Leader'', April 21, 1922.</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4581045/mrs-w-d-mowry-dies-aug-2-1923/ Mrs. W.D. Mowry Dies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191028/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4581045/mrs-w-d-mowry-dies-aug-2-1923/ |date=July 9, 2021 }}." Emporia, Kansas: ''The Emporia Gazette'', August 2, 1923, p. 5.</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4581070/mrs-w-d-mowry-dies-denver-topeka/ Pioneer Woman Candidate for Governor Dies: Mrs. W.D. Mowry on Republican Ticket in Primary Last Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190030/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4581070/mrs-w-d-mowry-dies-denver-topeka/ |date=July 9, 2021 }}." Concordia, Kansas: ''Concordia Blade-Empire'', August 2, 1923, front page.</ref>

Kansas suffered severe environmental damage in the 1930s due to the combined effects of the [[Great Depression]] and the [[Dust Bowl]], and large numbers of people left southwestern Kansas in particular for better opportunities elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Dust Bowl {{!}} Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 {{!}} U.S. History Primary Source Timeline {{!}} Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/dust-bowl/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |archive-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013115514/https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/dust-bowl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The outbreak of [[World War II]] spurred rapid growth in aircraft manufacturing near Wichita in the so-called [[Battle of Kansas]], and the aerospace sector remains a significant portion of the Kansan economy to this day.