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1. Adele Slivers and Ruth Henderson Adele Slivers and Ruth Henderson Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Nursing -- Arizona; Indians of North American -- Arizona Adele Slivers and Ruth Henderson are commemorated here as the first graduates from the Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Ganado, Arizona on November 29, 1933. At the time it served as the only accredited School of Nursing for Native American women. They were also the first Navajo women to come before the Arizona State Board of Nurse Examiners on October 20-21, 1933.
2. Adeline Bobblett Hall (1844-1912) Adeline Bobblett Hall (1844-1912) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona Adeline Bobblett was born in Dayton, Ohio on December 23, 1844. At 22 she moved to Kansas to teach school in the Solomon Valley. There she met James Hall, a rough-talking, tobacco-chewing buffalo hunter and frontiersman, whom she soon married. With James Hall, her life was harsh, as was often the lot of the frontier women. In the early 1880's, the Hall family moved to the Prescott area. From this time on Adeline suffered from ill health. She was always, however, supportive of her two children in...
3. Anna R. Stewart (1876-1959) Anna R. Stewart (1876-1959) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Teachers -- Arizona; Home Economics -- Study and Teaching -- Arizona Teaching was one of the generally accepted occupations for women, and Anna Stewart taught the teachers. Educated at Tempe Normal School (now Arizona State University), the University of California, and Bradley Polytechnic Institute, she returned to Tempe Normal School to teach home economics in 1916. Pictured here standing at the side of the classroom, she surveys her industrious and fashionable students.
4. Berta Coveney Berta Coveney Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona This photograph, while undated, was probably taken during the 1880's. Though Ms. Coveney's personal history is unknown, her father was James M. Cotton, a businessman in Phoenix during the last half of the 19th century. He and George E. Mowry were business partners for a time, and together built several important buildings in downtown Phoenix, including the old Cotton-Mowry Building on the corner of Washington and First Streets.
5. Bessie Ethel Hatz Bork (1879-1935) Bessie Ethel Hatz Bork (1879-1935) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Teachers -- Arizona; Librarians -- Arizona Daughter of Katherine and Daniel Hatz, Bessie was one of the first to graduate from high school in Prescott, and was reputed to be the most beautiful girl in town. She studied at San Diego Normal School and then returned to Arizona to teach at Groom Creek, Ashford and Skull Valley. She was also a stenographer at law offices in Prescott for a time. She married the druggist Albert Bork in 1905 and had six children. Upon his death in 1919, Bessie became the City Librarian for the Prescott Public Library...
6. Clara Cornblith Samuels (1887-1970) Clara Cornblith Samuels (1887-1970) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Grocery Trade -- Arizona Born in Poland, Clara immigrated to the United States via Mexico, acquiring fluency in the Russian, Polish, Spanish, Yiddish and English languages. She married Samuel Samuels in El Paso, Texas in 1910 and moved to Arizona two years later. An excellent seamstress and cook, she ran a grocery and meat market with her husband in El Paso, and a dry goods store in Douglas. Her four children remember her as an extraordinarily considerate and helpful woman, generous with her time and with her skills.
7. Dirtie Girtie Dirtie Girtie Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Prostitutes -- Arizona -- Tombstone; Prostitution -- Arizona -- History Though her photograph was found in the Goldwater Collection, further mention of Dirtie Gertie in the histories of Prescott, where she is said to have lived, has not survived. It is possible that she and Little Gertie of Tombstone may have been the same woman, but this has not been verified. Nicknames such as theirs were common among prostitutes. For example, some well-known Tombstone Belles were Big Nose Kate, Crazy Horse Lil, and Blond Mary (Marie). Though we know their names (or nicknames), their...
8. Duett Ellison-Hunt (1867-1934) Duett Ellison-Hunt (1867-1934) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona This woman was a true lady in all ways, even while hunting grizzly bears, roping, branding and breaking steers. She refused to wear trousers, she would never let a cowboy wear spurs or chaps in her home, nor were they allowed to swear, chew tobacco, or smoke. Although many of us know her as Arizona's first "First Lady," the future Mrs. George W.P. Hunt remained a true Arizona original.
9. Eunice Morago Eunice Morago Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Indians of North America -- Arizona; Women and War History has almost forgotten Eunice Morago, seen here as a weathered old woman still showing character and strength. Her tribe is not known, but an intriguing note on the reverse of the photograph indicates that she "led a war party." Native American women in Arizona did not generally participate in warfare other than in self-defense, but at least one account of a Maricopa battle in 1857 speaks of women fighting with clubs. It is possible that this valiant woman was a Maricopa Indian, even though...
10. Francisca Stevens (1855 ca.-1882) Francisca Stevens (1855 ca.-1882) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Apache Indians -- History -- Arizona Several sources indicate that Francisca was the daughter of Es-Kel-Thes-e-la, hereditary Chief of the Coyotero Band of Apache Indians. It is said that her husband, George Stevens, married her for the protection it gave him during his travels in Arizona. Nevertheless, they married and were content until she died of spinal meningitis on December 19, 1882. Most of her married life she lived in the Solomonville area. She bore five children, four of whom reached adulthood.
11. Gertrude Tolfree Tupper and Friends Gertrude Tolfree Tupper and Friends Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Cyclists -- Arizona We believe this photograph of Gertrude Tolfree Tupper and her cyclist friends was taken around the beginning of the 20th century. Although Gertrude seems to have been lost in the pages of history, this photograph may have shown her as a member of a bicycling club. Bicycles were quite trendy at that time and bicycling clubs became very popular. In fact, ordinances were passed in some Arizona cities requiring bicycles to have warning bells to avoid bicycle-pedestrian collisions. Nevertheless, it was...
12. Grace Bartell "Little Egypt" Grace Bartell "Little Egypt" Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Prostitutes -- Arizona -- Prescott; Prostitution -- Arizona -- History Prescott's Whiskey Row, also known as Montezuma Street, was the center for much of the nightlife of early Prescott. Most of the saloons were located there, and it was there in 1910 that Grace Bartell, or "Little Egypt," performed her belly dance at the Palace Bar. The original "Little Egypt" was Farida Mazar Spyropoulos, who performed under the name Fatima. She appeared in the "Street in Cairo" exhibition at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, 1893.
13. Grace M. Sparkes (1893-1963) Grace M. Sparkes (1893-1963) Bloom Women -- History -- Arizona; Yavapai County (Ariz.) -- History; Prescott (Ariz.) -- History Prescott would not have been the same without the efforts of Grace Sparkes. During the 34 years she worked for the Prescott Chamber of Commerce, Grace was instrumental in developing good roads across the state, building a first class hotel in town, supporting the Yavapai Indian tribe's choice of reservation, establishing a Veterans Hospital at Fort Whipple, and preserving historic sites and Indian culture. She also coordinated and ran the Prescott Frontier Days rodeo. In 1945 she retired from a career...
14. Helen Hamlin Allen (1884-1963) Helen Hamlin Allen (1884-1963) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Barbers -- Arizona Born in Phoenix, Mary Helen Hamlin dropped her first name sometime after she married James H. Allen in 1910. A stockowner, avid theatergoer, and Republican representative to the Election Board, she is chiefly known for her 35 years as a barber at the old Commercial Hotel in downtown Phoenix. While she was there, the building was remodeled and renamed the Luhrs Hotel. Her papers are held at the Arizona Historical Foundation.
15. Ida Redbird (1892-1971) Ida Redbird (1892-1971) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Redbird, Ida; Maricopa Indians -- Pottery Ida Redbird, master potter of the Maricopa Indians, is credited with being the leader of the movement to improve the quality of Maricopa ceramics, gaining national fame and appropriate prices for their wares. An articulate but modest artist, she shared her knowledge and skill with children, teaching classes at the Heard Museum perpetuating the paddle and anvil techniques of the ancient Hohokams. Although born in Laveen on the Gila River Reservation, her lifetime home, her artistic influence spread...
16. Josephine Goldwater (1875-1966) Josephine Goldwater (1875-1966) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona Josephine ("Jo") Goldwater was truly one-of-a-kind. Jo was a high-spirited non-conformist who loved the outdoors, spoke her mind, and had an adventuresome spirit. She was a major influence in the lives of her children Barry, Robert, and Carolyn. Raised in Nebraska and trained as a nurse in Chicago, she moved to Phoenix in the early 1900's for her health. In 1906 she married Baron Goldwater, one of Phoenix's leading merchants. As a mother she was very involved with her children. Jo often took them...
17. Laura Montgomery Laura Montgomery Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Prostitutes -- Arizona -- Prescott; Prostitution -- Arizona -- History Often called "hurdy gurdy" or "crib girls," prostitutes such as Laura Montgomery were an integral part of the social fabric in the rough frontier towns of early Arizona where life was hard and women were few. Laura lived in Prescott around the turn of the century, but her personal history has been lost with time. Her address was probably Granite Street, since this was the "red light district" in Prescott at the time.
18. Lottie Whiteside Lottie Whiteside Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Women in Medicine -- Arizona During Arizona's territorial period many women were recognized as "doctors." One such woman was Lottie Whiteside. Dr. Whiteside of Wickenburg did not possess a professional degree; however, she skillfully cared for the sick. Like many of the women of this time period who were referred to as "doctor," Lottie was a midwife. She enjoyed a great reputation as a medical practitioner throughout Wickenburg.
19. Nellie T. Bush (1888-1963) Nellie T. Bush (1888-1963) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Teachers -- Arizona; Women Legislators -- Arizona Surely one of the first women in Arizona to believe that she could "have it all," Nellie Bush pursued many different careers during her lifetime. After receiving a teacher's diploma at Tempe Normal School (now Arizona State University), she taught in Glendale and Mesa schools until her marriage in 1912. She and her husband moved to Parker where she obtained a riverboat license and worked as a pilot for 17 years. In 1918 she became a justice of the peace in Parker. In 1920 she was elected to the state...
20. Ortha Belle Walter Cook (1903-1984) Ortha Belle Walter Cook (1903-1984) Unknown Women -- History -- Arizona; Women -- Employment -- Arizona; Dry Cleaning Industry -- Arizona Many of the women of the West are not mentioned in the history books. Orpha Belle Cook is one whose life is shared only through a few remaining photographs. Within these photographs she is revealed as a working woman unafraid to manage such diverse responsibilities as operating a dry cleaning establishment or driving an ambulance during World War II. Pictured here in 1931, she had married John Cook and settled in the Phoenix area.
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