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Monday, March 15, 2010

Women and the railroad

Do you have any information about women and the railroad?

posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 6:20 PM

5 Comments:

Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

See related discussion.

3/15/2010 6:27 PM  
Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

Mrs. Lewis Metzler Clement joined her husband at the Summit Camp during the construction.

3/15/2010 6:31 PM  
Blogger 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  
Blogger 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  
Blogger 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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