A photograph of Maya Miller, International Women's Year (IWY) Coordinating Committee; Jo Gonzales, luncheon mistress of ceremonies; and Gloria Steinem, keynote speaker, at the Nevada Women's Conference that was held in Las Vegas in 1977. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center
Freda (Humphrey) Schuyler, taken between 1931-35 while teaching high school English in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was a roomer at the William Norton and Emma (Peggy) Marie (Schaefle) Schuyler home and met her future husband Donald Richard Schuyler, Sr. at that time.
North Las Vegas Democratic Club installs new officers, North Las Vegas, Nevada, February 19, 1974. Lieutenant Governor Harry Reid (4th from right) was the keynote speaker. Judge James Santini (3rd from Left) was the installing officer. Others are, from left: Larry Widner, 2nd Vice- Pres.; Sally Ortiz, Treasurer; Judge Santini; Aileen O'Neill, President; Bob Strom, Board Member; Lieutenant Governor Reid; Margaret Sechrist, Secretary; Elida Hernandez, 1st Vice-Pres.; Dorothy Reynolds, Board Member.
Danny Carlisle was making a point during a resolution debate at the Nevada Women's Conference held in Las Vegas in 1977. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center
L-R: Carol Ross and Pat Mogle listening to Gloria Steinem speak at the Nevada Women's Conference that was held in Las Vegas in 1977. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center
L-R: Duane Pierce (Chairman of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Radiologic Technology), Mary Harrison (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries librarian), Shirley Hurt, an unidentified woman at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Oran K. Gragson and his wife Bonnie celebrating his birthday at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1969. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.
L-R: Las Vegas civic leader Ruth Vogliotti, artist and civic leader Flo Mlynarczyk and education advocate Blanche Zucker at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library Society reception.