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Just Who Did This Woman Think She Was: In Praise of Grace Raymond Hebard
“You are – I say it without a qualm – our star contributing editor. You have given us the most of any one on our list – and all good too.” When the editor of The Woman Citizen, Virginia Roderick, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, University of Wyoming history, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Wyoming history
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A Madam’s Scrapbook: Remnants of Laramie’s Red-Light District
On the corner of the town stands a crazy, tumble-down rookery, full from cellar to shingles of liquors, gambling devices and everything that can be used to corrupt and rob men. Ruffians and tin-horn gamblers make night and day hideous … Continue reading
‘Plopped Down in the Middle of That’: Indian Boarding School Life Documented in the Warm Valley Historical Project
The Warm Valley Historical Project, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, was conducted from 1990 to 1991 in coordination with the Shoshone Episcopal Mission to interview residents about Wind River Reservation life during the early … Continue reading
Posted in American Indian history, Arapaho, Cultural assimilation, Eastern Shoshone, Indigenous Peoples, Uncategorized, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Eva Enos, Indian boarding schools, Rapid City Indian School, Reverend John Roberts, Scott Riner, Shoshone Mission School, Wind River Reservation
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Roped In: Sara Hagel and Horsehair Rope Making
What is simple work? In a fast-paced society, we often overlook jobs which require a lot of time, skill, and mistake making to master. Many jobs today are considered “simple,” “easy,” or “low-skill” despite requiring specific skills and a great … Continue reading
Book Lover’s Day: Eighteenth-Century Women Writers
For Book Lover’s Day (August 9), the AHC’s Toppan Rare Books Library offers you a historical vignette of prominent women authors and poets of the eighteenth century. While women did not particularly write more novels over the course of the … Continue reading
Posted in 18th century, Authors and literature, Book history, Poetry, Uncategorized, women's history
Tagged Ann Radcliffe, Ann Yearsley, Anne Finch, Aphra Behn, Charlotte Smith, Frances Burney, Hannah More, Jane Austen, Jane Spencer, Lydia Stuver, Mary Chandler, Paula Backscheider, Toppan Rare Books Library
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Female Fire Finders of the American Forests
Standing guard atop a lookout tower dozens of feet above the forest floor, female fire finders, sometimes called “lady lookouts” have been helping to protect American forests since before World War I. Hallie Morse Daggett was the first female lookout … Continue reading
Your Loving Frank: Romance on the Transcontinental Railroad
It might surprise you to find romance amid the story of the back-breaking and dangerous labor involved in building the transcontinental railroad. But we have one for you. We’re commemorating the anniversary of the joining of the Central Pacific and … Continue reading
The Photography of Lora Webb Nichols
The American Heritage Center recently premiered a new exhibit featuring the photography of longtime Encampment, Wyoming resident Lora Webb Nichols. This exhibit, which is on display at the American Heritage Center until late July, was curated by Lora Webb Nichols … Continue reading
Mable Wyoming Cheney Moudy
Mable Wyoming Cheney was born on May 2, 1878, in Atlantic City, near South Pass, Wyoming. Her father, Ervin F. Cheney (1844-1922), came west to Fort Sanders as a soldier after the Civil War. He helped survey the town of … Continue reading
Mary Hayden Burgess: “Doughnut Dolly” of the American Red Cross
March is Red Cross month, proclaimed by its honorary chairman, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in March 1943. The American Red Cross has been supporting the troops since the 1890s. Its operations, since the attack on Pearl Harbor, expanded in more … Continue reading