Native American of the Cuiyui Ticutta band of the Northern Paiute Tribe, Loretta grew up on the Pyramid Lake reservation. As both her parents worked, she spent much of her early life living with her grandmother, where she learned the skill of ‘beading.’ Schooling was both at Nixon and Pyramid Lake, with high […]
HELP US IDENTIFY & WRITE THESE WOMEN BACK INTO NEVADA’S HISTORY
The Nevada Women’s History project is asking for your help to identify these women and locate a photograph of the special V&T passenger car that they traveled in from Reno to Carson City. Is this information in old family scrapbooks? On August 26, 2020 our nation will celebrate the centennial of the passage of the […]
NWHP Receives “The Bonnie” Award
The Nevada Women’s History Project was one of five Preserve Nevada Honorees to receive for the first time “The Bonnie.” The award banquet was held at the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, Nevada on May 10, 2019. Preserve Nevada is a 501c3 non-profit affiliated with the UNLV Foundation. Their website states, “Preserve Nevada is dedicated to […]
Jennifer Budge — 2019
Jennifer Burkhamer Budge was NWHP’s honoree at the Nevada Women’s Fund “Salute to Women of Achievement” luncheon on May 23, 2019. Jennifer is currently Parks and Recreation Director for Carson City, and has been in the Parks in Recreation field over 25 years. She began her career in parks as a Lifeguard for the City […]
Zajick, Dolora – Reno, Washoe
Born in Salem, Oreg., but raised in Nevada, Delora has attained a stellar career at the international level in opera. She is known, worldwide, for her dramatic mezzo-soprano voice. After receiving both undergraduate and master’s degrees from UNR, Dolora went on to attend the Manhattan School of Music. In 1982 she won the Bronze Medal at the 7th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In addition to her current singing career, in 2006 Dolora created the Institute for Young Dramatic Voices to address the lack of training for large dramatic voices required for the great roles of the Verdi, Strauss and Wagner repertoire. If that is not enough, she balances those two activities with composing. Her first composition was premiered in 2014. While not on the road, Dolora has a home in Reno, Nevada.