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    • Minnie K. Guenther 1890-1982

    • Minnie K. Guenther 1890-1982

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Minnie Knoop Guenther was the wife of missionary E. Edgar Guenther, and together they devoted themselves to the care of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. In addition to learning the Apache language she participated in daily chores, created school...
    • Mary Russell Ferrell Colton 1889-1971

    • Mary Russell Ferrell Colton 1889-1971

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Mary Russell Ferrell Colton and her husband, Harold Colton, founded the Museum of Northern Arizona together. While her husband directed the museum, Mary was the curator of art and ethnology. She devoted her life to preserving the traditional...
    • Margaret Bell Douglas 1880-1963

    • Margaret Bell Douglas 1880-1963

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Margaret Bell Douglas lived an active life full of nation-wide travel because of her husband Walter Douglas’s high-ranking job with Phelps Dodge. As a learned and experienced botanist and horticulturalist, Margaret realized on her travels that...
    • Josephine W. Goldwater 1875-1966

    • Josephine W. Goldwater 1875-1966

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Josephine Goldwater was a registered nurse in Illinois but before she established her career she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. The only known cure for her was to move to Arizona. Her health quickly returned and as one of the few registered...
    • Maie Bartlett Heard 1868-1951

    • Maie Bartlett Heard 1868-1951

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Maie Bartlett Heard moved to Phoenix with her husband, Dwight, to help him recover from a chest ailment. After he recovered, they became extremely involved with their community. Dwight Heard purchased ‘The Arizona Republican’ newspaper (today...
    • Margaret Taylor Hance 1923-1990

    • Margaret Taylor Hance 1923-1990

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Margaret Hance was a mother to three children and an active citizen in Phoenix; she was involved with St. Luke’s Hospital, the Junior League of Phoenix, the United Fund, the Fiesta Bowl Committee, the Harrington Arthritis Center, and the Arizona...
    • Angela Hutchinson Hammer 1870-1952

    • Angela Hutchinson Hammer 1870-1952

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Angela Hammer was a journalist known for her aggressive but honest reporting. She purchased the ‘Wickenburg Miner’ and turned it into a successful moneymaker. Using the funds from this paper, she went on to publish ‘Swansea Times’ and...
    • Eulalia Elias 1786-1865

    • Eulalia Elias 1786-1865

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Eulalia Elias helped co-found Babocomari in southeastern Arizona with her brother. This land was used for major cattle ranching operations, which became an economic backbone for Arizona. When the US-Mexico border was being drawn, a boundary...
    • Mary "Mollie" E. Fly 1847-1925

    • Mary "Mollie" E. Fly 1847-1925

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • “Mollie” Fly and her husband were avid photographers; in 1880, a year after their marriage, they established a 12-room boarding house and photography studio in Tombstone, Arizona. Many of her and her husband’s photos had significant...
    • Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter 1869-1956

    • Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter 1869-1956

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Mary Jane Colter graduated from the California School of Design and then taught for 15 years. Her experience landed her a job with the Fred Harvey Company in 1902 to design the new “Indian Building” at the Grand Canyon. She based her design off...
    • Nellie T. Bush 1888-1963

    • Nellie T. Bush 1888-1963

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Nellie T. Bush proved to Arizonans in the early 20th century that it was possible to be both a career woman and a mother. While married and raising a son, she was a schoolteacher and later a principal, a businesswoman, a ferryboat pilot, a coroner,...
    • Cordelia Adams Crawford 1865-1943

    • Cordelia Adams Crawford 1865-1943

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • After her family lost everything in the Civil War, they were among the first group of settlers to migrate to present-day Phoenix, Arizona. There she met her husband, Bushrod Foley Crawford, and they established a ranch in the Tonto Basin. She...
    • Polly Hicks Brown 1883-1966

    • Polly Hicks Brown 1883-1966

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Polly Hicks Brown and her husband, Harry Brown, ran a ranch and freighted ores for a mine in Miami. Her husband was crippled in a mining wagon accident, so Polly had to take over all aspects of the family businesses in addition to caring for their...
    • Jessie Gray Bevan 1872-1963

    • Jessie Gray Bevan 1872-1963

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Jessie Bevan owned two successful boarding houses in Bisbee, Arizona from 1913 until the time of her death in 1963. Her boarding houses served many local miners working in her area. She was also active in local and state organizations, such as the...
    • Hallie B. Hopkins 1885-1978

    • Hallie B. Hopkins 1885-1978

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Hallie Hopkins was an astute businesswoman and seamstress and particularly excelled in the traditionally male job of agricultural farming. From 1924 until 1931, she managed a cotton farm, trucking business and raised her daughter as a single...
    • Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton 1908-1986

    • Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton 1908-1986

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton graduated from the University of Arizona after studying botany. Even during college she established herself as a botanical illustrator. Her illustrations could take months as she would illustrate the same plant through...
    • Laura E. Herron 1892-1966

    • Laura E. Herron 1892-1966

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Laura Herron was a Stanford and University of California Berkley graduate. She taught physical education in California and then Arizona high schools before she was asked to develop Phoenix’s recreation programs. She helped to organize one of the...
    • Sharlot Hall 1870-1943

    • Sharlot Hall 1870-1943

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Sharlott Hall was a historian from the Prescott area. Although her family livelihood was ranching, she wrote songs and poems about the Arizona Territory from childhood on. Her songs, poems and stories were devoted to the people who built Arizona...
    • Nellie Cashman 1844-1925

    • Nellie Cashman 1844-1925

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Nellie Cashman was a pioneer, prospector and businesswoman. She traveled in the western United States from Arizona to Alaska living and working in mining camps. Her kindness and honest business practices in mining communities earned her the...
    • Abbie W. Keith 1888-1984

    • Abbie W. Keith 1888-1984

    • Arizona Quilter's Guild

    • Arizona Women's Hall of Fame

    • Abbie Keith raised four children and was active in her community while her husband ran their family ranch. She founded a newsletter in 1923 which brought vital communication to the spread-out farming communities in Arizona and impressed upon these...

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