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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Stage Coaches and Boats, too): Women Travel in Arizona

Tohono Chul Park 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, Tucson, AZ, United States

Arizona has some of the most stunning scenery in the world, but until recently, traveling over this terrain was quite an adventure. Meet women like army wife Martha Summerhayes, suffrage leader Josephine Brawley Hughes, the Harvey Girl waitresses, Barry Goldwater's personal pilot Ruth Reinhold, as well as other daring women who braved Arizona's extreme elements. […]

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Picturing Arizona: Celebrating Early Arizona Women Artists, Writers, Photographers, and Songsters

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United States

Artistry in its many forms makes us think, sing, dance, and enjoy the wonders of our surroundings. The arts also allow us to document the lives of our ancestors and learn from the past. Some of the finest early Arizona artists were women who wrote, painted, photographed, and vocalized the magnificence and history of their […]

“Hyenas in Petticoats”–How Women Struggled Against Every Dirty Trick in the Books to Win the Vote!

Casa Grande Public Library 449 N. Dry Lake St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

As we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage, as if it were just a footnote in American history, when in fact, it was the nation’s largest […]

The Navajo Long Walk (1863-1868): Through the Eyes of Navajo Women

Mary D. Fisher Theater - Sedona International Film Festival 2030 State Rte 89A, Sedona, AZ, United States

The Navajo people of old were forced to leave their homes and walk over 450 miles to Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico where they were imprisoned on a small reservation. For four long years the Navajo people faced hunger, loneliness, disorientation, illnesses, severe environmental conditions, and hopelessness. Navajo women were forced to become warriors. […]

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