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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 Southwest 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, historical research, and photographs help re-create 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.… (lisätietoja)
Fascinating! The history of the Sante Fe railroad and how a visionary by the name of Fred Harvey created a unique arrangement for feeding and lodging passengers travelling on the railroad. This is the story of the girls, coming from a multitude of backgrounds, who worked for the Fred Harvey Company, their special status, and the familial bonds that were formed. It is also the story of changing times, as modes of travel advanced, and the passenger train lost appeal to the masses, being replaced by the automobile and airplanes.
Somewhere in my subconscious I had stored the name of Fred Harvey and when I saw this book in a National Park bookstore, bells rang and I knew I must buy and read this book. ( )
A history of the women themselves, who moved far from home to be "waitresses" on the Santa Fe, with rules as strict as those you've heard about for 19th century teachers, but in the early 20th century.
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
For Jim: husband, best friend, and fellow traveler
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Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
For a few months it looked as though civilization were going to stop short in her onward march at the capital of Kansas, and that the westward course of empire...would end at the same spot. Travelers positively declined to go further once they had eaten with Fred Harvey. Traffic backed up, and it became necessary for the Santa Fe to open similar houses at other points along its right of way in order that the West might not be settled in just one spot.
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 Southwest 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, historical research, and photographs help re-create 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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Somewhere in my subconscious I had stored the name of Fred Harvey and when I saw this book in a National Park bookstore, bells rang and I knew I must buy and read this book. (