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by Andrea M. Riley (Author)
Decades of Powerful Contributions
Women in Nebraska have been homesteaders, temperance and suffrage crusaders, civil rights activists, philanthropists, journalists, educators, artists, writers and entrepreneurs. Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte was the first Native American woman doctor in the United States. Mildred Brown operated the longest-running African American newspaper in the state. Russian immigrant Rose Blumkin built the largest furniture store in America. Journalist and reformer Harriet MacMurphy leveraged the power of Women's Clubs to bring about food safety laws and became the first state food inspector in Nebraska. Andrea M. Riley shares the stories of these indomitable, pioneering women in Nebraska's history so that they may be remembered and celebrated.
Author Biography
Andrea is a writer of history--both real and fictional. Her main interest is the late nineteenth-century American West, especially outlaws and lawmen, women, Native American history and the mythic West. She has a bachelor's degree in history and Great Plains studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a master's degree in public history from Arizona State University and a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Arizona. She has worked for the National Archives and Records Administration for more than twenty years. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her husband, two daughters and four cats.
