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The Harvey Girls : Women Who Opened the West

The Harvey Girls : Women Who Opened the West

PAPERBACK

04 Jul, 1994

By Lesley Poling-Kempes (author)

The award-winning history of the women who went West to work in Fred Harvey's restaurants along the Santa Fe railway -- and went on to shape the American S...

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ISBN-10:

1569249261

ISBN-13:

9781569249260

Publisher

Hachette Books

Dimensions

8.98 X 6.22 X 0.89 inches

Language

English

Description

The award-winning history of the women who went West to work in Fred Harvey's restaurants along the Santa Fe railway -- and went on to shape the American Southwest

From the 1880s to the 1950s, the Harvey Girls went west to work in Fred Harvey's restaurants along the Santa Fe railway. At a time when there were "no ladies west of Dodge City and no women west of Albuquerque," they came as waitresses, but many stayed and settled, founding the struggling cattle and mining towns that dotted the region. Interviews, historical research, and photographs help re-create the Harvey Girl experience. The accounts are personal, but laced with the history the women lived: the dust bowl, the depression, and anecdotes about some of the many famous people who ate at the restaurants--Teddy Roosevelt, Shirley Temple, Bob Hope, to name a few.

The Harvey Girls was awarded the winner of the 1991 New Mexico Press Women's ZIA award.

Product Details

ISBN-10

:1569249261

ISBN-13

:9781569249260

Publisher

:Hachette Books

Publication date

: 04 Jul, 1994

Category

: Social Science

Sub-Category

: Women's Studies

Format

:PAPERBACK

Language

:English

Reading Level

: All

Dimension

: 8.98 X 6.22 X 0.89 inches

Weight

:364 g

About the Author

Lesley Poling-Kempes is the author of many books about the American Southwest, including Bone Horses, winner of the WILLA Literary Award in Contemporary Fiction and the Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction. Her nonfiction books include Ghost Ranch and Valley of Shining Stone: The Story of Abiquiu. She lives in Abiquiu, New Mexico.

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