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    Arizona Women's Heritage Trail: Marking Their Sites

    Arizona Women's Heritage Trail: Marking Their Sites

    Tempe Historical Museum

    March 20, 2008

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    Arizona women have a rich and varied history; building communities, maintaining families and influencing Arizona's political, cultural and economic development through their labor and commitment. In this multicultural state, with its great geographic diversity, their lives and accomplishments were defined, and sometimes limited by, gender, ethnicity, race and class. This talk describes women and sites included in the Arizona Women's Heritage Trail that illustrate the link between women's history and the built environment. The presentation includes photos of the historic sites and women who will be featured on the Trail. Some of these women and sites are well known, such as Mary Jane Colter, who designed several buildings at the Grand Canyon, and Isabella Greenway, Arizona's first Congresswoman who also founded the Arizona Inn in Tucson. Other women who are less well known include Rebecca Dallis, who taught in the segregated black school in Casa Grande that now sits on the Casa Grande Valley Historical Society Museum grounds. Other sites are the Faraway Ranch in southern Arizona, where Lillian Riggs ran cattle for decades, and Carmen Soto Vasquez's Teatro Carmen in Tucson.

    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: Free Admission

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    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      March 20, 2008

      Times:
      Thursday 6:30pm-8:30pm

    • Venue Info

      Tempe Historical Museum

      809 East Southern Avenue Tempe, AZ 85282

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      Tempe

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      • Wheelchair Access
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