The Women’s Biographies page is an extension of the Jean Ford Research Center. It is under development indefinitely. Please Email us for more research information or to a make a Nevada Women’s biographical contribution. For additional research on Nevada Women, you may wish to contact the Jean Ford Research Center directly at 775-786-2335 or 770 Smithridge Drive, Suite 300, Reno, Nevada 89502.
Currently, biographical information is available alphabetically by last name and geographical area. Scroll down through all entries, or select a letter to narrow your search.
Effie Mona Mack (1888-1969)
- Washoe Co.
- Nevada history, education
Sarah "Emma" Emeline Mack (1866-1947)
- Washoe Co.
- Club Organization, Women’s Suffrage Leader
Jessie Callahan Mahoney (1877-1956)
- Eureka Co.
- Rancher, Educator, Government Official
Lillian Malcolm (1868-19??)
- Nye/Esmeralda Co.
- Prospector
Anne Henrietta Martin (1875-1951)
- Washoe Co.
- Author, Educator
Anne Hudnall Martin (1857-1928)
- Carson City
- Teacher, Newspaper owner and editor, Superintendent of U.S. Assay Office (formerly the U.S. Mint in Carson City)
Mila Tupper Maynard (1864-1926)
- Washoe Co.
- Minister, Political Activist
Sister Margaret Patricia McCarran (1904-1998)
- Washoe Co.
- Nun, Teacher, Community Assistance, Writer
Mary Ludmilla McCarran (1906-1966)
- Religion, teaching, art, music, writing
Marian Alice McClellan (1941-2019)
- Lovelock, Pershing Co.
- County commissioner, activist, assayer
Jean Sybil McElrath (1917-1967)
- Elko Co.
- Author, Journalist
Margaret "Marge" Evangeline Means (1921-2015)
- Washoe Co.
- Artist, Cultural Arts Founder, Volunteer
Katharine Norrid Mergen (1910-1997)
- Lyon/Washoe Co.
- Journalist, Educator
Maya Paine Miller (1915-2006)
- Carson City, Washoe Co., Clark Co.
- Activist
Laura Mills (1893-1973)
- Churchill Co.
- Educator
Virginia Moreira Moura (1910-1994)
- Pershing Co.
- Deputy County Recorder, Secretary/Bookkeeper
Leona Addie Daoust Munk (1911-2003)
- Pershing Co.
- Owner/Partner Kay-Lee’s Drive-In, Bookkeeper
Nell Lounsberry Murbarger (1909-1991)
- Journalist, author, historian, interviewer
Colanthe "Florence" Jones Murphy (1911-2006)
- Clark Co.
- Aviation, Politics, Real Estate
Kathleen "Sister M. Seraphine" Murray (1891-1987)
- Washoe Co.
- Hospital Administration
Myrtle Tate Myles (1886-1980)
- Washoe Co.
- Author, Journalist, Historian
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