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.
Wilhelmine Heidtman Springmeyer (1847-1928)
- Douglas Co.
- Ranch Owner, Wife
Sallie Maria Ruperti Springmeyer (1903-2007)
- Douglas/Washoe Co.
- Attorney, Public Service Activist
Delphine Squires (1868-1961)
- Clark Co.
- Journalist, Political Activist, Wife
Inez Maria Casale (Booth) Stempeck (1927-2020)
- Washoe Co.
- Restaurant Owner – Casale’s Halfway Club, Daughter, Wife, Mother, Family Matriarch, Local Celebrity
Helen J. Stewart (1854-1926)
- Clark Co.
- Rancher, Government Official, Wife
Betty Brang Stoddard-Muncie (1919-2010)
- Washoe Co.
- Radio/TV host, sales representative
Idah Meacham Strobridge (1855-1932)
- Pershing Co.
- Author
Ruth Davis Sullivan (1896-1991)
- Pershing Co.
- Nurse, Piano Teacher
Elizabeth Marie Rasmussen Sundberg (1874-1962)
- White Pine Co.
- Homemaker, Community Supporter
Louisa Marie Chubbuck Sweetland (1853-1938)
- Carson City
- Nevada pioneer, homemaker
Margaret Bartlett Thornton (1901-1981)
- Washoe/Clark Co.
- Poet, Editor, Aviation Enthusiast
Patricia Ann Tripple (1924-2018)
- Washoe County
- Home Economics Professor and Dean, University of Nevada; Washoe County Assemblywoman
Kathryn L. Marbaker Tubb (1886-1957)
- Nye Co.
- Rancher, Proprietor of Boarding House/Brothel
Emma Vanderlieth (1864-1920)
- Carson City, Washoe Co.
- Community Volunteer
Barbara Joan Farrell Bugden Dillon Vucanovich (1921-2013)
- Washoe Co.
- Politics, business owner and community volunteer
Gue Gim Wah (1900-1988)
- Lincoln Co.
- Boarding House/Restaurant Owner, Wife
Maud Gill Hall Gassaway Waite (1876-1930)
- Washoe Co.
- Women’s suffrage, Women’s Christian Temperance Union and other civic organizations, Small businesswoman, millinery and dressmaking
Ada Van Sant Stoddard Wallace (1887-1978)
- Carson City
- Socialite, Painter
Anna B. Mudd Warren (1863-1944)
- Storey/Washoe Co.
- Attorney
Lois Elizabeth Hatch Deimel Washburn (1902-1959)
- Carson City, Churchill/Mineral/Nye Co.
- Educator, Government Official, Wife
Isabella May Gourlay Dunn Webb (1880-1948)
- Reno, Washoe Co.
- Golf professional and course designer; Artist
Terry Lee Wells (1941-2002)
- Washoe Co.
- Volunteerism and philanthropy
Dixie Olean Karr Westergard (1935-2007)
- Carson City
- Educator, Historian, Author
Margaret "Peg" Marean Wheat (1908-1988)
- Churchill Co.
- Author, Anthropologist, Wife
Mary Daisy Allen Williams White (1873-1958)
- Churchill Co.
- Government Official, Business Owner, Wife
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