Of the 21 women Stephanie Brown found working in the mining industry in territorial Arizona, 18 of them lived in Globe!
The March Second Friday presentation at Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum in Miami is “Women Miners & Entrepreneurs in Arizona.” Doors open for this free program at 6 p.m., and starts at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 14.
Women in Arizona’s territorial times played many important roles in multiple ways in the formation of our state. Opportunities were available in both work for wages and in the ability to thrive by owning mine property, despite the way women were often excluded from good paying jobs by way of the law, superstition and Victorian-era social ideas. Come learn about some very good exceptions!
Stephanie Brown is an archaeologist at WestLand Resources, Inc. in Tucson, specializing in historical archaeology and archival research. Her work includes mining district surveys, building documentation projects, national register nominations, cemetery documentation and excavation. She has also done extensive archival research on Arizona’s mining camps, including extensive research on the Arizona mining camps of Globe, Superior, Ray, Safford and Clifton-Morenci.
Photo courtesy of WestLand Resources, Inc.