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Idaho's Women of Influence project
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwi/
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interesting leads #1

Open evanwill opened 5 years ago

evanwill commented 5 years ago

https://theidaholibrarian.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/notable-and-notorious-idaho-women-an-annotated-bibliography/

evanwill commented 5 years ago

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Polly Bemis: Lalu Nathoy & Polly Bemis, a Chinese American pioneer by Priscilla Wegars

Priscilla Wegars has researched Polly Bemis a great deal and produced a terrific children’s biography about this Idaho pioneer. Born into slavery, and eventually was won in a poker game by an Idaho miner and businessman, Charlie Bemis, Polly worked with Charlie as a business partner, eventually marrying him when she was 40. Previously an audiobook was made about her life and was produced on vinyl LP. This short, seven-inch record can be found at the Idaho State Archives and the Library of Congress. The short book by Priscilla Wegars can be found in many more places.

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