The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West

The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West
Author: Lesley Poling-Kempes
Publisher: Marlowe & Co; ; Reprint edition (April 1994)
Description: Paperback: 252 pages
ISBN: 1569249261

From the 1880's to the 1950's the Harvey Girls went west to work in Fred Harvey's resteraunts along the Santa Fe Railway. At a time when there were no ladies west of Dodge City and no women west of Albuquerque, they cam as waitresses but many stayed and settled, founded the struggling cattle and mining towns that dotted the region. Interviews, historical research and photographs help recreate the Harvery Girl experience.

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