title: Elwill M. Shanahan
text: # Elwill M. Shanahan
  
  Elwill M. Shanahan (September 22, 1912 – October 5, 1983) was an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of Kansas from 1966 to 1978.
  
  She died of cancer on October 5, 1983, in Topeka, Kansas at age 71.
  
  