The Women Who Built Omaha A Bold and Remarkable History.

Eileen Wirth explores the important contributions of women to Omaha's history. Wirth describes the work of local women in numerous fields from the 1850s to the modern women's movement in the 1970s, bringing to life many who have been overlooked.

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Main Author: Wirth, Eileen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : Bison Books, 2022.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Education -- 2. Founding Creighton University and Duchesne -- 3. Native American Women -- Interlude 1: The "New Women" of the Gilded Age -- 4. Votes for Omaha Women -- 5. Prostitution in Wide-Open Omaha -- 6. Health Care -- 7. Human Services -- 8. Culture and the Arts -- Interlude 2: From World War I to World War II -- 9. Business -- 10. Restaurants and Bakeries -- 11. Sports -- Interlude 3: Postwar to the Women's Movement -- 12. Law -- 13. Government -- 14. Civil Rights 
505 8 |a 15. After the Women's Movement -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index 
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