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Hedges, Hazel, 1922-2006
Hazel Mae Bowden was born on February 22, 1922. She married Hershell Wade on November 30, 1939, and had one son, James Hedges. The couple divorced and in 1950 she married Charles William Hedges. She moved from Kansas City to Las Vegas with her husband and son in 1952. She worked briefly as a waitress in the dining room at the Thunderbird and then became a stay at home mother until her son was in junior high school. Then after she went to real estate school, she went to work in commercial real estate at Bond Realty.
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Savalli, Janet
Janet Savalli's family moved from Phoenix, Arizona, to Henderson, Nevada, in 1945 so her father could work at the Basic Magnesium plant. A few years later, when she was a junior in high school, Janet began her 46-plus years career at the Southern Nevada Telephone Company, which eventually became Sprint. During that period she held several positions, including operator, supervisor, schedule clerk, trainer, investigator, and community relations coordinator. Janet also talks about the atomic bomb testing at Camp Mercury and Camp Desert Rock near Las Vegas.
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McClure, Florence
Florence McClure worked on behalf of women in Las Vegas, co-founding the organization Community Action Against Rape (CAAR) and advocating for incarcerated women. Born Florence Alberta Schilling in Centralia, Illinois on September 26, 1919, she attended MacMurray College for Women before transferring to Hardin Business College where she graduated in October 1941.
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Montes, Frances
Frances "Fran" Montes is the first woman to serve as president of Hispanics in Politics (HIP) and one of a small number of Hispanic women who are acknowedged as spokespersons for the diverse Hispanic community in the Las Vegas Valley. She is the Diversity Officer for Bechtel Nevada Corporation, a member of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Women's Research Institute of Nevada, and one of the earliest members of NALA (Nevada Association of Latin Americans).
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Mulroy, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1908-1984
Thomas Andrew Mulroy was born on September 8, 1908 in Illinois. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950 where be worked for Southern Nevada Power and Telephone and Bonanza Airlines. He passed away on October 2, 1984.
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Whipple, Elsie E. (Elsie Elvina), 1897-1985
Elsie Elvina Jorgensen was born on November 7, 1897 in Utah. She later married John Edgar Whipple on April 4, 1935. The Whipples were active members of the Mormon Church. Elsie passed away on March 30, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Whitcher, Jean A. (Jean Adeline), 1909-1997
Jean Adeline Whitcher was born on April 24, 1909 in Canton, Missouri. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1932 and worked as a seamstress. Jean passed away on June 27, 1997.
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Menard, Julie A. (Julie Ann), 1943-
Julie Menard was born in California on April 27, 1943 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964 to work as a showgirl in the Folies Bergere revue at the Tropicana Hotel. She later moved to Europe to pursue a modeling career, but returned to Las Vegas, where she currently resides.
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