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Bold Women in Nevada History

Author : Kay Moore
Publisher : Bold Women in History
ISBN 13 : 9780878426959
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Bold Women in Nevada History written by Kay Moore and published by Bold Women in History. This book was released on 2019 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Lucretia Smith, a descendent of slaves who became a civil rights activist in Reno, once said, "Let's not throw our lives away. Let's do something constructive. I always feel like I want to climb up a little bit, and maybe I can take someone with me." The eighth installment of Mountain Press's state-by-state series for teen readers, Bold Women in Nevada history reveals what women can accomplish when they dare to be bold. The book-and-bust cycles driven by Nevada's mining industry and the state's liberal stance on divorce at the turn of the century allowed women of various backgrounds to break out of traditional gender roles. Divorces didn't always remarry, and widows took charge of their husband's holdings and became landowners or started prospecting to help pay the bills. Young women not only taught in schools"€"they started their own. From Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, a Paiute who worked as an interpreter, to Mary Fulstone, a rural doctor who traveled through heat, snow, and mud to deliver more than 4,000 babies during her career, to Felice Cohn, who became the fourth female attorney to practice law before the US Supreme Court, the fourteen women featured in this collection broke down barriers of sexism, racism, and political oppression to emerge as heroines of their own time.

Unforgettable Nevada Women

Author : Southern Nevada Women's History Project
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578699349
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Unforgettable Nevada Women written by Southern Nevada Women's History Project and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unforgettable Nevada Women is the Southern Nevada Women's History Project's third volume dedicated to recognizing the contributions of noteworthy Nevada women to the development and enrichment of the Silver State. Through interviews, public records, and private papers shared by friends and family, and collected historical accounts from newspapers and oral histories, volunteers have gathered together these stories of one hundred remarkable women. Nevada has been home to diverse and dynamic women, including the first woman owner and operator of a hotel-casino, the founder of Weight Watchers, the designer of the famous 'Welcome to Las Vegas' sign, and a nun whose Angel Bread saved a much-needed hospital from closing. Also included are stories of singers, dancers, actresses, community activists, government leaders, and a world expert on organic chemistry. Within these pages are also accounts of educators, artists, an internationally known hypnotist, Native American crusaders, and a judge. Just as Skirts that Swept the Desert Floor and Steadfast Sisters of the Silver State each chronicled the lives of one hundred amazing women in Nevada history, Unforgettable Nevada Women offers a tribute to the achievements of one hundred women who have made a lasting impact on Nevada life.

Nevada's Remarkable Women

Author : Jan Cleere
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493015842
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Nevada's Remarkable Women written by Jan Cleere and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the compelling histories of fifteen pioneer women, all born before 1900, who traveled Nevada Territory in unstable wagons, on temperamental mules, and in early Motel Ts to leave a legacy of courage and celebration as they broke records, hearts, and rules while conquering uncharted ground. Meet Ferminia Sarras, a Nicaraguan immigrant with four young daughters who arrived in Nevada in the early 1800s determined to seek her fortune as a miner . . . and succeeded; Dat so la lee, a Washoe Indian renowned for her basket-weaving artistry whose work is today preserved in museums; and Anne Henrietta Martin, a lifelong suffragette who fought for women's rights and was instrumental in securing the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the right to vote.

Skirts that Swept the Desert Floor

Author : Southern Nevada Women's History Project
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578699356
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Skirts that Swept the Desert Floor written by Southern Nevada Women's History Project and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skirts that Swept the Desert Floor tells the stories of 100 women whose lives shaped the social, cultural, and economic world of Nevada over the last two centuries. Some of the women, like prospector Josie Pearl and singer Emma Wixom Nevada, are justly famous. But the book also celebrates the many less-known teachers, organizers, and suffragettes who influenced the course of the state's history in ways both large and small. In the process, a few popular Nevada myths are busted, reputations are rehabilitated, and some of Nevada's brave early pioneer women are rescued from undeserved obscurity. As an historical and women's studies resource, Skirts that Swept the Desert Floor is an invaluable reference work that deserves a place on the shelves of schools, libraries, or anyone interested in the state of Nevada and the place of women in the world

Nevada Historical Miscellany

Author : Nevada Press Women
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Nevada Historical Miscellany written by Nevada Press Women and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Into Their Own

Author : Anita Ernst Watson
Publisher : Halcyon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into Their Own written by Anita Ernst Watson and published by Halcyon. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the movement of Nevada women from the domestic domain into the public sphere. The author traces the achievements of women in the state for more than a century. from the 1850s to the 1960s, focusing on the public activities and roles of Nevada women in five major areas.

Steadfast Sisters of the Silver State

Author : So Nevada Women's History Project
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Steadfast Sisters of the Silver State written by So Nevada Women's History Project and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographies of the women who helped build Nevada. Some were ranchers who organized rodeos or protected the state's wild mustangs. Others were socialites or entertainer who raised funds for new community institutions and social services.

A History of Women in the United States: Nevada-South Dakota

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of Women in the United States: Nevada-South Dakota written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Good Time Girls of Nevada and Utah

Author : Jan MacKell Collins
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493050990
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Good Time Girls of Nevada and Utah written by Jan MacKell Collins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As settlements and civilization moved West to follow the lure of mineral wealth and the trade of the Santa Fe Trail, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities the nineteenth-century Nevada and Utah. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the other hazards of their profession. Some dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, and some became infamous and even successful, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today. Nevada and Utah each had their share of working girls and madams who remain notorious celebrities in the annals of history, like Kate Flint and Dora Topham, but Collins also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose roles in this illicit trade help shape our understanding of the American West.

Bold Women in Michigan History

Author : Virginia Burns
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780878425259
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Bold Women in Michigan History written by Virginia Burns and published by Mountain Press Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes people of all kinds to shape a place. Abolitionists. Trade unionists. Artists. Scientists. Soldiers. Explorers. Traders. Crusaders. Senators. Designers. Michigan had all of these�and all of them, in this book at least, were women. Written for young adults, Bold Women in Michigan History tells the stories of thirteen extraordinary women. Long before the existence of high-tech weatherproof gear, Madame de Cadillac paddled a canoe across two great lakes to help her husband found Detroit. Magdelaine LaFramboise grew rich as a fur trader. Disguised as a man, Emma Edmonds fought for two years in the Civil War. Lucy Thurman, Waunetta Dominic, and Delia Villegas Vorhauer fought other battles�for rights and social justice for their families and communities. Myra Wolfgang, the �Battling Belle of Detroit,� picketed and struck. Sippie Wallace sang�and lived�the blues. And Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering labored over a vaccine that would save millions of lives. The DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus) shot is still used today. Perfect for school, recreational reading, and the history shelf, Bold Women in Michigan History is a resource for kids and adults who like good stories about real people who made a difference

Steadfast Sisters of the Silver State

Author : Southern Nevada Women's History Project Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935043942
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Steadfast Sisters of the Silver State written by Southern Nevada Women's History Project Staff and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steadfast Sisters of the Silver State was created by the Southern Nevada Women's History Project. Its volunteers combed the state for evidence of the lasting contributions by one hundred noteworthy Nevada women to the growth and culture of their communities. To paint a vivid profile of each woman, the organization's volunteers conducted interviews, unearthed private papers, consulted public records, and collected historical accounts from newspapers and oral histories. In these pages, the refined--such as Hollywood fashion designer Edith Head--rub elbows with the infamous, including adult-film star Marilyn Chambers. Each had an indelible connection to the Silver State. Likewise, the obscure--Rhyolite dance-hall pianist Pauline Atterbury Wilson and Storey County's one-room schoolhouse teacher, Elizabeth Davis McKay, who both lived in the nineteenth century--mingle with such modern Nevadans as state controller Kathy Augustine and casino magnates Jeanne Hood and Claudine Williams. Black singers and dancers including D.D. Cotton and Ruth Brown took the high moral ground in Nevada's slow but satisfying move toward racial equity in casino workplaces. Las Vegas educator Mabel Welch Hoggard and nurse Bertha Sanford Woodard, a Northern Nevadan, waged the same war in their respective spheres. Forty-two women authors are responsible for the rich accounts of these one hundred women. Each made her mark in arenas ranging from civil rights to animal rights, from casino ownership to casino operations, as well as in marketing, modeling, medicine, mining, the media, or the military. Also documented are female leaders in the arts, education, philanthropy, public safety, sports, politics, and government of Nevada. Steadfast Sisters continues the mission of a prior volume, Skirts that Swept the Desert Floor, by the Southern Region of the Nevada Women's History Project, which documented the achievements of another set of one hundred superlative Nevada women.

Comstock Women

Author : Ronald M. James
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874174481
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Comstock Women written by Ronald M. James and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to Nevada history, men get most of the ink. Comstock Women is a collection of 14 historical studies that helps to rectify that reality. The authors of these essays, who include some of Nevada’s most prominent historians, demographers, and archaeologists, explore such topics as women and politics, jobs, and ethnic groups. Their work goes far in refuting the exaggerated popular images of women in early mining towns as dance hall girls or prostitutes. Relying primarily on newspapers, court decisions, census records, as well as sparse personal diaries and records left by the woman, the essayists have resurrected the lives of the women who lived on the Comstock during the boom years.

More Than Petticoats

Author : Jan Cleere
Publisher : Falcon Guides
ISBN 13 : 9780762727391
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book More Than Petticoats written by Jan Cleere and published by Falcon Guides. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the histories of fourteen pioneer women, all born before 1900, who traveled Nevada Territory while displaying remarkable courage as they broke through social, cultural, and political barriers to advance women's roles.

The Clash in Nevada

Author : Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Clash in Nevada written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Devils Will Reign

Author : Sally Zanjani
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874176662
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Devils Will Reign written by Sally Zanjani and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nevada entered the Union in 1864 as the thirty-sixth state, a mere two decades after John Charles Frémont and his party undertook the first Euro-American exploration of the Great Basin. However, the intervening years were exceptionally eventful—gold was discovered in California in 1848; the debate over slavery in the territories made the Far West a significant topic of congressional concern; and the Mormon establishment in Utah stimulated national suspicion of the sect’s ambitions and policies—giving this remote, sparsely populated region on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada an importance that it probably would not have had in less turbulent times. In 1849, more than 22,000 people traveled the emigrant trails across the Great Basin, and soon Mormons from Utah set up a trading station in the Carson Valley to reap profit from the emigrant trade and anchor the western periphery of what their leader, Brigham Young, envisioned as a Mormon inland empire. Miners in Gold Canyon (just south of what is now Virginia City) and settlers in the Carson Valley were pushing the Native Americans out of their ancient homelands and vying with one another for control of choice land and rudimentary local governments. In Devils Will Reign, acclaimed historian Sally Zanjani recounts the momentous early history of the territory that is now known as Nevada, weaving the colorful saga of this rowdy frontier into the larger story of national political crises and economic ambitions, rapid development in California, and religious antipathy toward the polygamous Mormons. Here are intrepid frontiersmen, beleaguered Native Americans, zealous Mormons, and colorful characters and farmers, including a group of African Americans who successfully settled in the Carson Valley. Zanjani covers the lives of the pioneers, as well as the development and impact of the Comstock silver bonanza and the tenuous, halting efforts of the region’s residents to create first a territorial, then a state government. Seldom has the process of western settlement and government-making been described with such detail and insight.

The Clash in Nevada

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book The Clash in Nevada written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bold Women in Colorado History

Author : Phyllis Jean Perry
Publisher : Bold Women in History
ISBN 13 : 9780878425846
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Bold Women in Colorado History written by Phyllis Jean Perry and published by Bold Women in History. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: bold \adj\ 1 : intrepid 2 : showing or requiring a fearless daring spirit 3: assured, confident 4 : adventurous, free From pioneers to playwrights, educators to entrepreneurs, these ten heroines helped make Colorado what it is today. Overcoming pressure and prejudice, they pushed through to carve their own paths and achieve their personal dreams. Their inspiring stories prove what women can accomplish when they dare to be BOLD. Book jacket.