Into their own : Nevada women emerging into public life / by Anita Ernst Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Anita Ernst, 1949-

Contributor:

Nevada Humanities Committee.

Series:

Halcyon ; v. 23.

Halcyon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in public life--Nevada--History.

Women in public life.

Women--Nevada--History.

Women.

Women's rights--Nevada--History.

Women's rights.

History.

Nevada.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Nevada women emerging into public life

Place of Publication:

[Reno] : Nevada Humanities Committee, 2000.

Summary:

Nevada women whose lives have been ignored by earlier historians now come to life through the pages of Anita Watson's meticulously documented volume. It is a tribute to the late Jean Ford, founder of the Nevada Women's History Project and the Nevada Women's Archive. Watson has gathered revealing details from Ford's archive, and then has expanded that information with her own research. She traces the achievements of women in the state for more than a century, from the 1850s until the 1960s, with more to come. She calls this generously illustrated book "a work in progress," borrowing Jean Ford's own phrase describing her efforts to preserve the history of women in Nevada. Into Their Own provides a valuable resource for students, journalists, scholars and future historians.

Contents:

Chapter 1 "Social Intercourse Between Ladies of Congenial Temperament" Women's Clubs and Civic Betterment 17

Chapter 2 "Agitate, Educate, Organize" Women and Temperance in Nevada 41

Chapter 3 "Nevada, Don't Keep Your Women Out" Women and the Vote in Nevada 63

Chapter 4 "Women Must Be Represented" Women and Politics in Nevada 93

Chapter 5 "Into Their Own" Nevada Women in the Work Force 117

Conclusion: A Work In Progress 149.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.

ISBN:

1890591068

OCLC:

44879162