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In the 1930s, the Kootenai Indians lived in tipis near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Their allotment lands had been dissipated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. A local physician managed to persuade the government to build eighteen houses. These had running water, but no bathing facilities, which were provided in a community center. By the 1970s nothing ...
Bonners Ferry (Kutenai language: ʔaq̓anqmi [4]) is the largest city in and the county seat of Boundary County, Idaho, United States. [5] The population was 2,543 at the 2010 census . The Porthill-Rykerts Border Crossing connects Bonners Ferry with Creston, British Columbia , Canada, on the Kootenay River .
The Boundary County Courthouse (also known as 001316) is a courthouse building located in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The courthouse is the center of government of Boundary County. The Works Progress Administration built the courthouse in 1941 at a cost of $100,000. The courthouse replaced Boundary County's first wooden courthouse, which had been a ...
Rural women are particularly disadvantaged, both as poor and as women. [3] Women in both rural and urban areas face a higher risk of poverty and more limited economic opportunities than their male counterparts. [4] The number of rural women living in extreme poverty rose by about 50 percent over the past twenty years. [3]
The two routes run concurrent for 35 miles (56 km), until a few miles after Bonners Ferry, where US-2 heads east into Montana and southeast to Libby, while US-95 continues north for 29 miles (47 km) to the Canadian border at Eastport. At the border, US-95 meets BC 95, which continues northeastward in British Columbia to Cranbrook.
In Newport Beach, California the Oasis Center served 12,000 people by sponsoring educational classes, fitness activities, transportation and special events. [4] It runs talent shows to raise money for causes that it supports; one cause is helping teenage girls cope with negative feelings of self-worth acquired from exposure to social media . [ 5 ]
CWGCS, founded in 1978, is the first university-affiliated research center dedicated to women's issues in the United States. [4] Linda Tarr-Whelan, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and former deputy assistant to United States President Jimmy Carter, co-founded CWGCS with Nancy Perlman, CWGCS' first executive director.
The Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) is a nexus of feminist thought, activism, and collaboration for scholars and activists. [1] The BCRW regularly hosts public events and creates publications and multimedia projects focusing on social transformation while supporting the work of scholars and activists. [ 2 ]