CPRR Discussion Group - Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Monday, March 15, 2010

Women and the railroad

Do you have any information about women and the railroad?

5 Comments:

CPRR Discussion Group said...: See related discussion.; 3/15/2010 6:27 PM
CPRR Discussion Group said...: Mrs. Lewis Metzler Clement joined her husband at the Summit Camp during the construction.; 3/15/2010 6:31 PM
CPRR Discussion Group said...: Native American Shoshone women were construction workers on the Central Pacific Railroad and were found stronger than the men in the back breaking work.; 3/15/2010 6:34 PM
CPRR Discussion Group said...: Mrs. Strowbridge, Mrs. Ryan, and the wives of officers commanding troops in the vicinity are depicted in the famous Thomas Hill painting The Last Spike.; 3/15/2010 6:38 PM
CPRR Discussion Group said...: The rail car of James Harvey Strobridge used during the construction period had apartments. He and his wife, Hannah Maria Strobridge, lived in one. Mrs. Joseph Graham, a close friend of Mrs. Strobridge and wife of the Contract and Finance Company's Asst. Chief Engineer, lived in another ...; 3/15/2010 6:47 PM

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