The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West

The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West - Paperback

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The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West - Paperback

The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West - Paperback

by Lesley Poling-Kempes
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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.
ISBN9781569249260
Author Lesley Poling-Kempes
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
GenreHistory and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 1994
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Lesley Poling-Kempes

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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