Women's History https://breckhistory.org/tag/womens-history/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:22:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://breckhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-BreckHistoryLogo-1-jpg-32x32.webp Women's History https://breckhistory.org/tag/womens-history/ 32 32 The world according to Mary Marks https://breckhistory.org/the-world-according-to-mary-marks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-world-according-to-mary-marks Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:01:24 +0000 https://breckhistory.org/?p=4391 The world according to Mary Marks as illustrated by digital images from the Mary M. Marks Photograph Collection.

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]]> Women as Tall as Our Mountains: Biographical Sketches by Local Women https://breckhistory.org/women-as-tall-as-our-mountains-biographical-sketches-by-local-women/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=women-as-tall-as-our-mountains-biographical-sketches-by-local-women Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:54:19 +0000 https://breckhistory.org/?p=2753 I would call this little book “small but mighty”! This compilation of mini-biographies of pioneer Summit County women was a project of our local Summit County chapter of P.E.O. (P.E.O. is a philanthropic and educational organization interested in...

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]]> Florence Watson’s Way: A poet in Breckenridge https://breckhistory.org/florence-watson-way-a-poet-in-breckenridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=florence-watson-way-a-poet-in-breckenridge Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:46:53 +0000 https://breckhistory.org/?p=2448 Florence Watson was a poet in Breckenridge during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Her book of poetry, "Sweet Summerland" was exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair and she wrote numerous stories for the local newspapers.

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]]> The Women of Breckenridge https://breckhistory.org/the-history-of-breckenridge-co-the-women-of-breckenridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-history-of-breckenridge-co-the-women-of-breckenridge Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:08:13 +0000 https://breckhistory.org/?p=426 Who were the women who came to Breckenridge in the 1880s?  Where did they come from?  Did they willingly make the trek to Breckenridge?  What did they find when they arrived?  Census data and diaries tell the story.

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]]> Women of Willpower: Breckenridge Pioneers https://breckhistory.org/women-of-willpower-breckenridge-pioneers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=women-of-willpower-breckenridge-pioneers Tue, 29 Mar 2022 22:51:23 +0000 https://breckhistory.org/women-of-willpower-breckenridge-pioneers/ Pioneering women of Breckenridge's early days survived and thrived in the unforgiving mountain environment of Colorado's mining communities.

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]]> Women of Willpower: Julia and Sarah Ford https://breckhistory.org/women-of-willpower-julia-and-sarah-ford/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=women-of-willpower-julia-and-sarah-ford Fri, 04 Mar 2022 02:18:54 +0000 https://breckhistory.org/women-of-willpower-julia-and-sarah-ford/ Mr. Barney L. Ford ascended to wealth and political prominence in frontier Colorado but what about the women in his life - Julia and Sarah?

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