Colorado Women: A History

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COLORADO WOMEN Timberline Books Stephen J. Leonard and Thomas J. Noel, editors The Beast, Benjamin Barr Lindsey with Harvey J. O’Higgins Colorado’s Japanese Americans, Bill Hosokawa Colorado Women: A History, Gail M. Beaton Denver: An Archaeological History, Sarah M. Nelson, K. Lynn Berry, Richard F. Carrillo, Bonnie L. Clark, Lori E. Rhodes, and Dean Saitta Dr. Charles David Spivak: A Jewish Immigrant and the American Tuberculosis Movement, Jeanne E. Abrams Enduring Legacies: Ethnic Histories and Cultures of Colorado, edited by Arturo J. Aldama, Elisa Facio, Daryl Maeda, and Reiland Rabaka The Gospel of Progressivism: Moral Reform and Labor War in Colorado, 1900–1930, R. Todd Laugen Helen Ring Robinson: Colorado Senator and Suffragist, Pat Pascoe Ores to Metals: The Rocky Mountain Smelting Industry, James E. Fell, Jr. A Tenderfoot in Colorado, R. B. Townshend The Trail of Gold and Silver: Mining in Colorado, 1859–2009, Duane A. Smith G A I L M . B E A T O N U N I V E R SI T Y P R E SS O F C O L O R A D O © 2012 by University Press of Colorado Published by University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The University Press of Colorado is a proud member of the Association of American University Presses. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State University, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Regis University, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, Utah State University, and Western State Colorado University. This paper meets the requirements of the ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beaton, Gail Marjorie. Colorado women : a history / Gail M. Beaton. p. cm. — (Timberline books) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60732-195-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-60732-207-8 (ebook) 1. Women—Colorado—Biography. 2. Women—Colorado—History. 3. Colorado— Biography. I. Title. CT3262.C6B43 2012 920.72—dc23 [B] 2012024898 Design by Daniel Pratt 2 1 2 0 1 9 1 8 1 7 1 6 1 5 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my mother, Alice K. Beaton, and in memory of my father, Arthur P. Beaton, who instilled in me a deep appreciation for history and to my nieces and nephews, Brian, Anna, Alice, Caroline, Matt, and Abbey Beaton May you embrace life’s opportunities and challenges ...