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Harvey Girls (1989)

by Lesley Poling-Kempes(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1557784612 (ISBN13: 9781557784612)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Paragon House

review 1: Another book influenced by our trip to the Southwest. After staying at the Bright Angel Lodge on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon I wanted to know more about the women who would leave their homes & move West. Interestingly, this book draws parallels to the girls that worked in the Lowell Mills in Mass. Belles of New England isn't referenced, but is a wonderful portrayal of life as a Mill Girl. I finished this book & am really glad that I took the time to dig a little deeper into the "women of the west". It was a very interesting book.
review 2: I picked up a copy of this book while I was at the Grand Canyon this spring (since we ate all of our meals at a Harvey hotel -- El Tovar). We also drove through many of the little railroad towns that are discussed i... moren this book (e.g. Kingman, Seligman, etc.) The history of Harvey's establishment and the first person accounts from Harvey employees were quite interesting. I can't help but wonder what it must have been like to be a 16 year old girl leaving my Kansas home to take a train to a desert town in New Mexico to start a new life. I'm a sucker for these historical stories.While Harvey's hiring practices were certainly discriminatory by today's standards (he rarely hired Native Americans or Mexicans despite their large communities in the southwest), the respect and fairness he offered women in the late 19th and early 20th century was incredibly uncommon. A very interesting, enjoyable read. less

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