Lesley Poling Kempes: 2 books
Ladies of the Canyons
A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of remarkable women who left the security and comforts of genteel Victorian society and journeyed to the American Southwest in search of a wider view of themselves and their world.
Educated, restless, and inquisitive, Natalie Curtis, Carol Stanley, Alice...
The Harvey Girls
Women Who Opened the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
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...