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The Harvey girls women who opened the West

The story of the pioneering women who worked as waitresses at Fred Harvey's restaurants along the railway from the 1880s through the 1950s.

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  • "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 may famous people who ate at the restaurants--Teddy Roosevelt, Shirley Temple, Bob Hope, to name a few.--Publisher description."
  • "The story of the pioneering women who worked as waitresses at Fred Harvey's restaurants along the railway from the 1880s through the 1950s."
  • "The story of the pioneering women who worked as waitresses at Fred Harvey's restaurants along the railway from the 1880s through the 1950s."@en
  • "Shares the experiences of the women who left home to work at the Fred Harvey restaurants along the route of the Atchison, Topeka, & Sante Fe Railway."@en

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  • "History"
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  • "Fred Harvey Company"

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  • "The Harvey girls women who opened the West"@en
  • "The Harvey girls : women who opened the West"@en
  • "The Harvey girls : women who opened the West"

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