{{More citations needed|date=July 2012}} The '''Jewel Ball''' is a debutante Ball in Kansas City, Missouri which benefits the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kansas City Symphony.
==History== The Jewel Ball was founded in 1954 by Clara Burnham Hockaday and Enid Jackson Kemper as a fundraiser to support the Kansas City Philharmonic, now the Kansas City Symphony.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=https://kcindependent.com/toast-to-olde-tymes-remembering-laura/ |title=The Independent |date= 2017-11-25 |access-date=2022-02-21}}</ref> The Ball has been held each year since its founding in 1954, with the exception of 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ball is organized annually by an all-volunteer committee.
== Publications == ''The Jewel Ball by Heather N. Paxton'' (2004)
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Category:Culture of Kansas City, Missouri Category:Balls in the United States Category:Debutante balls
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