Arizona boasts many women who’ve made history both here and on the national stage. It’s easy to name the Sandra Day O'Connors and Rose Moffords — but what about those who are lesser known? In the series Women of the West, The Show explore stories of Arizona women who helped shape their communities and the state’s history.
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Dorothy Fratt is an artist renowned for her use of color. The Show spoke with her son, Gregory Fratt, about his mother's legacy. -
Terri Cruz was one of the founders of Chicanos Por La Causa. She was born in Tucson in 1927 and died in 2017, and during her career was given numerous awards and commendations for her work in the community. -
This year for Women's History Month, The Show is introducing you to five more Women of the West — Arizona women who helped shape their communities and the state's history. In 1929, Ayra Hackett founded the Arizona Gleam, a newspaper primarily serving Phoenix's Black population. She was the only Black newspaper owner in the state at the time. -
As a young woman at the beginning of World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Janet Ikeda and her family were taken from their homes in California and moved to Arizona, many of them placed in internment camps. Even after that unfairness and injustice, Ikeda emerged years later with a commitment to helping her community. -
Arizona has a long history of women leaders and history makers, but many of their stories aren't as well known as they should be. Nancy Maytag Love was instrumental in getting the Phoenix Zoo up and running. In fact, without her it might not even be here. -
Arizona boasts many women who have made history both in the state and on the national stage. We all know the impact that Sandra Day O'Connor and Rose Mofford had, but in The Show's Women of the West series, we highlight some of the lesser-known women whose stories shaped our state's history. Meet Refugio Barth Landavazo. -
Arizona boasts of many women who’ve made history both in the state and on the national stage. We all know the impact that Sandra Day O'Connor and Rose Mofford had, but in The Show's Women of the West series, we highlight some of the lesser-known women whose stories shaped our state's history. This week, meet Betty Fairfax. -
The Show is telling the stories of five more Arizona women who helped shape their communities and the state’s history as part of the series Women of the West. Dew Yu Wong wasn’t a politician or an adventurer or famous. Wong was a Chinese immigrant to Flagstaff during the turn of the 20th century when the Chinese Exclusion Act was law. -
The Show is telling the stories of five more Arizona women who helped shape their communities and the state’s history as part of the series Women of the West. A pioneer in more ways than one, Georgie White Clark a pioneering river guide who ran Grand Canyon river trips into her 80s. -
The Show is telling the stories of five more Arizona women who helped shape their communities and the state’s history as part of the series Women of the West. To kick off the series for 2020, meet Graciela Oliverez. She was the first female disc jockey in Phoenix for a Spanish-language station called KIFN. -
March is Women’s History Month, and Arizona boasts of many women who’ve made history both here and on the national stage. It’s easy to name the Sandra Day O'Connors and Rose Moffords — but what about those who are lesser known? -
In the series, Women of the West, we explore stories of Arizona women who helped shape their communities and our state’s history. -
March is Women’s History Month, and Arizona boasts of many women who’ve made history both here and on the national stage. It’s easy to name the Sandra Day O'Connors and Rose Moffords — but what about those who are lesser known? One of those women is aviator Ruth Reinhold. -
In the series, Women of the West, we explore stories of Arizona women who helped shape their communities and our state’s history. One of those women was Sister Kathleen Clark, who established the first child crisis nursery in the country — Casa de los Niños — in Tucson in 1973. -
March is Women’s History Month, and Arizona boasts of many women who’ve made history. It’s easy to name the Sandra Day O'Connors and Rose Moffords — but what about those who are lesser known?
