Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in...
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11/26/2023
Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in...
11/26/2023
Velma Morrison was a long-time supporter of Boise State University and was pivotal in the establishment of a performing arts center in Boise. The Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts on the...
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Velma Morrison was a long-time supporter of Boise State University and was pivotal in the establishment of a performing arts center in Boise. The Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts on the...
11/25/2023
Helen Margaret Palmer Chenoweth-Hage (born Helen Margaret Palmer; January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. She remains the only Republic...
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11/25/2023
Helen Margaret Palmer Chenoweth-Hage (born Helen Margaret Palmer; January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. She remains the only Republic...
11/25/2023
Before pursuing a career in medicine, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, M.D. was a grade school teacher in both Wisconsin and Idaho. It was her experience caring for her ill brother that strengthened her desir...
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Before pursuing a career in medicine, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, M.D. was a grade school teacher in both Wisconsin and Idaho. It was her experience caring for her ill brother that strengthened her desir...
11/24/2023
Marjorie Reynolds (née Goodspeed; August 12, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American film and television actress who appeared in more than 50 films, including the 1942 musical Holiday Inn, in which sh...
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11/24/2023
Marjorie Reynolds (née Goodspeed; August 12, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American film and television actress who appeared in more than 50 films, including the 1942 musical Holiday Inn, in which sh...
11/24/2023
Louise M. Shadduck (October 14, 1915 – May 4, 2008), also called the "Lioness of Idaho," was an Idaho journalist, political activist, public servant, author, speaker and lobbyist, and the first woman...
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Louise M. Shadduck (October 14, 1915 – May 4, 2008), also called the "Lioness of Idaho," was an Idaho journalist, political activist, public servant, author, speaker and lobbyist, and the first woman...
11/24/2023
In 1898 Nellie Stockbridge left her home in Illinois to work with Thomas Barnard at his Wallace, Idaho photography studio. In 1907 she purchased a quarter share of the business and eventually assumed f...
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11/24/2023
In 1898 Nellie Stockbridge left her home in Illinois to work with Thomas Barnard at his Wallace, Idaho photography studio. In 1907 she purchased a quarter share of the business and eventually assumed f...
11/24/2023
Mary Belle Sweet was the University of Idaho's first professionally trained librarian when she was hired in 1905. At 26, Sweet had recently graduated from the University of Illinois Library School.
Un...
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Mary Belle Sweet was the University of Idaho's first professionally trained librarian when she was hired in 1905. At 26, Sweet had recently graduated from the University of Illinois Library School.
Un...
11/24/2023
Carol Ryrie Brink is the author of over thirty juvenile and adult books, including Newberry Award winning Caddie Woodlawn. Carol was orphaned after her father died in 1900 and her mother committed suic...
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Carol Ryrie Brink is the author of over thirty juvenile and adult books, including Newberry Award winning Caddie Woodlawn. Carol was orphaned after her father died in 1900 and her mother committed suic...
11/24/2023
Born in a log cabin in Arkansas, Pfost was five years old when her parents moved to a farm near Boise, Idaho in 1911. She quit Meridian High School at 16 and worked as a milk analyist at a dairy in Nam...
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11/24/2023
Born in a log cabin in Arkansas, Pfost was five years old when her parents moved to a farm near Boise, Idaho in 1911. She quit Meridian High School at 16 and worked as a milk analyist at a dairy in Nam...
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Verda grew up on a farm near St. Anthony, Idaho. After graduating from high school, she attended Albion Normal School and then Brigham Young University. Verda married briefly in the 1930s and had a dau...
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Verda grew up on a farm near St. Anthony, Idaho. After graduating from high school, she attended Albion Normal School and then Brigham Young University. Verda married briefly in the 1930s and had a dau...
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Elizabeth Thomas Peavey Brooks (November 1, 1907 - February 11, 2002) directed the United States Mint from September 1969 to February 1977.Brooks was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, the third ...
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Elizabeth Thomas Peavey Brooks (November 1, 1907 - February 11, 2002) directed the United States Mint from September 1969 to February 1977.Brooks was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, the third ...
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Born in Wallace, Idaho, Edith Miller attended the University of Idaho in the 1930s where she stayed very active: she took 20 credits a semester, worked four part-time jobs, was a "Hell Diver" on the sw...
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Born in Wallace, Idaho, Edith Miller attended the University of Idaho in the 1930s where she stayed very active: she took 20 credits a semester, worked four part-time jobs, was a "Hell Diver" on the sw...
11/24/2023
Some say the Union Pacific Railroad made Sun Valley an international destination, but a lot of old timers there say it was really their employee, Dorice Taylor, whose vision, energy and promotional wor...
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Some say the Union Pacific Railroad made Sun Valley an international destination, but a lot of old timers there say it was really their employee, Dorice Taylor, whose vision, energy and promotional wor...
11/23/2023
Betty Penson-Ward (May 15, 1914 - Sept. 5, 2002) was a third-generation Idahoan who literally wrote the book on women in Idaho. She was born to H.B. Butler and Maybelle Tingley Butler and had one broth...
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Betty Penson-Ward (May 15, 1914 - Sept. 5, 2002) was a third-generation Idahoan who literally wrote the book on women in Idaho. She was born to H.B. Butler and Maybelle Tingley Butler and had one broth...
11/23/2023
Lee Morse (November 30, 1897 — December 16, 1954) was an US jazz and blues singer and songwriter whose most popular years were in the 1920s and early 1930s, although her career began around 1917 a...
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Lee Morse (November 30, 1897 — December 16, 1954) was an US jazz and blues singer and songwriter whose most popular years were in the 1920s and early 1930s, although her career began around 1917 a...
11/23/2023
Minnie Howard (1872 - 1965)
"Minnie Frances Hayden", "Minnie Francis Hayden"
Minnie Frances Howard (August 23, 1872 – September 2, 1965) was "Pocatello's pioneer woman physician" and a dedicated historian. She was also active in building the town of Pocatello, Idaho, throu...
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Minnie Howard (1872 - 1965)
"Minnie Frances Hayden", "Minnie Francis Hayden"
Minnie Frances Howard (August 23, 1872 – September 2, 1965) was "Pocatello's pioneer woman physician" and a dedicated historian. She was also active in building the town of Pocatello, Idaho, throu...
11/23/2023
Permeal J. French (1867 - October 10, 1954) was Dean of Women at University of Idaho, and the first woman elected to state-wide office in Idaho.
Early life
Permeal J. French was born in Idaho City,...
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Permeal J. French (1867 - October 10, 1954) was Dean of Women at University of Idaho, and the first woman elected to state-wide office in Idaho.
Early life
Permeal J. French was born in Idaho City,...
11/23/2023
Mary Allen Wright (December 3, 1868 – March 31, 1948) was an American politician who was one of the first three women elected to the Idaho Legislature.She represented Kootenai County. She served thre...
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11/23/2023
Mary Allen Wright (December 3, 1868 – March 31, 1948) was an American politician who was one of the first three women elected to the Idaho Legislature.She represented Kootenai County. She served thre...
11/23/2023
Emma Russell Yearian
Educator, sheep herder, and first woman to represent Lemhi County in the Idaho House of Representatives. Nicknamed the Sheep Queen of Idaho.
Emma Russell was raised in Illinoi...
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11/23/2023
Emma Russell Yearian
Educator, sheep herder, and first woman to represent Lemhi County in the Idaho House of Representatives. Nicknamed the Sheep Queen of Idaho.
Emma Russell was raised in Illinoi...
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