Abstract
Oral history interview with Tina Boag, Cynthia Cicero, Betty Brown, and Jan Ravetti conducted by Claytee D. White on 2014 March 28 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods: An Oral History Project of Ward 1.
The women recall coming to Las Vegas, Nevada to obtain jobs during the period of mob ownership of the Las Vegas hotel/casinos.
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Oral history interview with Tina Boag, Cynthia Cicero, Betty Brown, and Jan Ravetti conducted by Claytee D. White on 2014 March 28 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods: An Oral History Project of Ward 1.
The women recall coming to Las Vegas to obtain jobs during the period of mob ownership of the Las Vegas hotel/casinos. They discuss their work on the Strip, and about women's clothing stores and department stores in Las Vegas; they compare the areas where they lived, they describe the difference in the treatment of women during the 1960s and 1970s by men, the floods in Las Vegas, and the MGM hotel fire. Digital audio and transcript available.
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Tina Boag, Cynthia Cicero, Joanne Ravetti, and Betty Brown oral history interview, 2014 March 28. OH-00117. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
This interview was conducted and transcribed by the Oral History Research Center (OHRC) which is part of the UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Division.
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Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2017. Hana Gutierrez wrote the collection description. Access copies were created for born-digital audio and/or transcript files.
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A bound transcript is available for use in UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives: F849.L35 C52 2014