Women -- Employment -- Arizona

Abstract These images document the lives of many of the women interviewed as part of the Arizona Women's Heritage Project. This project, which interviewed women born before 1906 who had lived most of their adult lives in Arizona, was designed to gather information concerning the role of women in the state's history. It focused on growing up in Arizona, marriage and family, community building, and work for pay. The photographs include portraits of many of the women made at the time of their interview,...

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This collection houses transcripts of oral histories conducted with 29 Arizona women. Among the subjects covered are migration to Arizona, childhood recollections, family life, employment outside the home, religion, military service, marriage, childrearing, and politics. Also included is supplemental biographical information provided by interviewees.

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The William Eugene Brooks Letters are comprised of personal and professional correspondence from 1897-1915. Although the bulk of the collection is personal correspondence from 1902-1907, there is also a small body of correspondence from Brooks' term as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives during 1915.