Boone family women are focus on tour at Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site June 4 Volume 39-162 (For Immediate Release) For more information: 573-751-1010 JEFFERSON CITY, MO. MAY 24, 2011 -- Learn about the women of the Boone family during a special guided tour at Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site near Ash Grove… Continue reading Women’s History Tour Tomorrow!
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Olive Boone
"I was married on the 26th of September, 1799. On the first of October, without any company but my husband, I started to Missouri, or Upper Louisiana. We had two ponies and our packhorse. [We arrived] in St. Louis the last of October. We went to St. Charles County and located about twenty miles above St.… Continue reading Olive Boone
Pioneering Missouri Women — March 12
The Missouri Women's History Blog is partnering with the Missouri State Museum to host a "Pioneering Missouri Women" tour of the State Capitol March 12 at 1:30 p.m. The program will be presented by Greta Russell, editor at missouriwomen.org, and is recognition of Women's History Month. The tour will focus on Missouri women as pioneers in culture, education, and… Continue reading Pioneering Missouri Women — March 12
Kate Klise
Author Kate Klise We discovered Kate Klise (from Norwood, Missouri) while researching Ella Ewing, Missouri's giantess. Kate and her sister wrote a children's book about Ella Ewing. Her book was so inspiring, we had to find out more about her. Read on! Tell me a little about your childhood, where you were born and where you grew up. I was born… Continue reading Kate Klise
Molly Brown
Molly Tobin wanted to marry money, but she married J.J. Brown instead. "Finally, I decided that I'd be better off with a poor man whom I loved than with a wealthy one whose money had attracted me," she said. And it worked out well for her, J.J. Brown invented a system of shoring up mine walls and made millions. But before all that, Molly… Continue reading Molly Brown
Hall of Famous Missourians
There are seven women (out of 38 inductees) in the the Hall of Famous Missourians in our State Capitol, Jefferson City. What do you think of the women deemed "Famous" and who would you select to be included? Josephine Baker Susan Blow Rose Duchesne Betty Grable Ginger Rogers Sacajawea Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ginger Rogers
In the middle of the summer, 1911, Lela McMath gave birth to a little girl in the front room of a 2 bedroom house on Moore Street in Independence, Missouri. Shortly after, Lela divorced her husband, left her daughter with her parents and went to Hollywood to write movies. Lela's little girl, Virginia Katherine McMath, or "Ginja" would become a Hollywood legend… Continue reading Ginger Rogers
Teresa Willis & Missouri Women in Trades
Teresa Willis is making history. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Missouri Women in Trades, a group she founded in 2007 to support women working in the construction trades. Missouri Women in Trades is challenging women and girls to think outside traditional gender roles and empowering them to consider a career in a traditionally men's field: construction… Continue reading Teresa Willis & Missouri Women in Trades
Alma Nash & Her Band
The women's suffrage parade of 1913 was a big deal. Women from all over the country descended on Pennsylvania Avenue and threw their cause in the face of all the men attending Wilson's inauguration the next day. As the women began to march, men started to harass. They marched amid jeers, taunts, grabs and shoves from men. Even the police didn't protect them,… Continue reading Alma Nash & Her Band
Adeline Couzins
Adeline Couzins was wounded at Vicksburg. How is that possible you ask, her being a woman? Because during the Civil War, she followed the action to help where help was needed. She was one of the founders of the St. Louis Ladies Union Aid Society, a group of women who came together to help soldiers. What that meant for Adeline was greeting… Continue reading Adeline Couzins
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