Klondike Gold Rush
By Matt Piersol, Researcher, History Nebraska - Collections
The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-99 was truly a 'Children's Crusade'. Thousands of ill-prepared ...
Women’s History
What We Found
“Because I Was a Woman”: Ruth Bryan Owen and Her American Citizenship
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
In the early 20th century, women’s citizenship depended on their spouse’s status. Many women lost their US citizenship by ...
Maj. Helen Sagl, a Nebraskan in World War II
The Nebraska History Museum’s collection includes thousands of objects from World War II. Among them are uniforms worn by Helen Sagl while serving in the WAAC/WAC. ...
In Her Own Voice: Oral Histories of Farm Women
Throughout history, literacy and access to the materials required to record day-to-day life and experiences have been limited to those with the time, ability, and ...
Women Serve on a Frontier County, Nebraska, Jury for the First Time in 1966
Frontier County, Nebraska, disallowed female jurors until 1962 and did not empanel its first female jurors until 1966.
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Evelyn Sharp, Nebraska’s teen airmail pilot
Evelyn Sharp wasn’t Nebraska’s first female pilot, but is remembered for all she accomplished during her brief life.
Sharp’s father owned a café in Ord and rented ...
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