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The Harvey Girls
- Author
- Lesley Poling-Kempes
- Narrator
- Joana Garcia
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 24 October 2023
- Run Time
- 10 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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 and historical research help recreate 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.
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Details
- Author
- Lesley Poling-Kempes
- Narrator
- Joana Garcia
- Duration
- 10 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 October 2023
- ISBN
- 9781705271865
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- History, History of the Americas, Local history, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls, Society and culture: general, Gender studies: women and girls
Synopsis
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 SouthwestFrom 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 and historical research help recreate 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.
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