From Springfield News Leader authored by Gregory J. Holman:

“Alberta Ellis ran a series of Route 66-oriented businesses in the Springfield area in the 1940s and ’50s.

Now the attention of Missouri State University and a Los Angeles-based filmmaker is turning toward Ellis and women like her.

“Alberta was an amazing entrepreneur,” said Katrina Parks, the filmmaker. ‘She saved money, bought a hospital building, converted it into a hotel to serve African American travelers. There weren’t many places where they could stay at that time.'”

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