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The Women Who Built Omaha : A Bold and Remarkable History
Title
The Women Who Built Omaha : A Bold and Remarkable History / Eileen Wirth.
ISBN
9781496231253
9781496228642
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2022]
Physical Description
1 online resource (240 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"The Women Who Built Omaha explores the important contributions of women to Omaha while placing those contributions in the context of social history. Wirth describes the activities of local women in numerous fields from the 1850s to the modern women's movement in the 1970s, bringing to life those who have been overlooked throughout history"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Contents
Women's lives in pioneer Omaha
Education
Founding Creighton University and Duchesne
Native American women
Votes for Omaha women
The "new woman" of the Gilded Age
Prostitution in wide open Omaha
Healthcare
Human services
Culture and the arts
From World War I to World War II
Business
Restaurants and bakeries
Sports
Post-war to the women's movement
Law
Government
Civil rights
After the women's movement.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Biographies.
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