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Idaho's Women of Influence is a database originally compiled in 2014 by researchers Annie Gaines and Mike Bullard. The women listed are considered by the university to be some of the most accomplished in Idaho's history. It is a living database continually updated by librarians, educators, museum staff, tribal authorities, women’s organizations.
City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
On March 4, 2023, the Mountain Home Public Library hosted a program on Idaho history featuring, in its Women's History Month segment, the biography of WWI Signal Corps telephone operator Anne Campbell, the only Hello Girl from Idaho to serve at the Western front. She was a member of the sixth and last group of stateside-trained Hello Girls to ...
The Idaho History Center. The Idaho State Historical Society (ISHS) is a historical society located in the U.S. state of Idaho that preserves and promotes the state's cultural heritage. [1] The society was founded as the Historical Society of Idaho Pioneers in 1881, nine years before statehood in 1890, and was established as a state agency in 1907.
Margaret Stevenson Roberts (March 21, 1872 – May 25, 1952) was an American librarian known as Idaho's "Petticoat Governor" for her influence in advocating for women's suffrage. She was the main force behind the Idaho Free Traveling Library for over thirty years, encouraging reading and the establishment of public libraries.
History of women in Idaho (2 C, 6 P) I. Idaho folklore (1 C, 6 P) L. ... Museum of Idaho; O. Old Ephraim; S. Steamboats on Lake Coeur d'Alene; W. Western Federation ...
The list of regional nicknames used in English language includes nicknames for people based on their locality of origin (birthplace, place of permanent residence, or family roots). Nicknames based on the country (or larger geopolitical area) of origin may be found in the List of ethnic slurs .
[2] Polly was inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 1996. [4] Polly is the subject of a series of paintings, Chinese in Idaho, by Chinese-American artist Hung Liu. [13] The University of Idaho has described her as "Idaho's most famous Chinese woman," and offered an anthropology course called "The World of Polly Bemis". [14] [15]