In 1983, 1984, and 1985 the Planned Parenthood Association of Idaho published desk calendars that together profile more than 150 women in the Western United States. The 1983 calendar was entitled "Northwest Herstory", the 1984 and 1985 calendars were entitled "Western Herstory".
Collection is available for research.
Donated by the Planned Parenthood Association of Idaho in 1985. Material relating to Rose Hum Lee donated by Anne Matjeka in 1989.
[item description], Herstory Calendar Research Files, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
This collection consists mainly of research files on the featured women, including correspondence, research notes, and biographical sketches compiled by the contributors to the publication. Also included are files on women who were not profiled in the calendars. Approximately 160 women are represented by separate files, arranged alphabetically, by name. Smaller groups of papers and single items relating to other women have been filed by state of residence. Among the women represented in the calendars are Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Sally Stanford, a Salinas, California madam who became mayor; Lozen, an Apache holy woman; and Ann Eliza Webb Young, wife of Mormon leader Brigham Young.
The collection also contains the calendars themselves as well as files relating to their production and publication.
Prospector of Alaska
Mountaineer of Alaska
Marathon Runner of Alaska
Author of Arizona
Author; Historian of Arizona
Artist; Curator, Indian Culture of Northern Arizona
Congresswoman of Arizona
Actress; Federal Spy of Arizona
Athlete of California
Author of California
Anthropologist of California
Tennis Athlete of California
San Francisco Madam; Mayor of Sausalito, California
Mountaineer of California
Mountaineer of California
Mountaineer of California
Private Investigator of California
Lawyer of California
Lawyer of California
Stunt Woman for Silent Films of California
Photographer of California
Modern Dancer of California
Woman Stage Coach Driver of California
Author of California
Singer; Musician of California
Singer; Musician of California
Singer; Musician of California
Poet of California
Poet of California
Writer; Journalist of California
Editor; Protester against Discrimination and Segregation; of California
Suffragist; Feminist; Explorer; Writer of California
Educator; Founder National Retired Teachers; Founder AARP of California
Motion Picture Director of California
Director of California
Actress; Film Director; of California
Author; Archaeologist; of California
Writer; Salon Hostess of California
From California
Astronaut of California
San Francisco Madam; Mayor of Sausalito, California of California
Actress; Traveling Show Performer of California
Tennis Athlete of California
From California
Rodeo Performer of Colorado
Supreme Court Justice of Colorado
Physician; Medical Researcher of Colorado
World Traveler; Member of the Royal Geographical Society; from Colorado
Botanist; of Colorado
Captured Husband's Murderer; from Colorado
Member of Butch Cassidy's Hole in the Wall Gang; from Colorado
Captured Husband's Murderer; from Colorado
Founded Kapiolani Maternity Home and Kapiolani Home for Girls; Queen Consort and Queen Dowager of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Princess of Hawaii; Social Activist of Hawaii
Philanthropist; Founded Kamehameha Schools of Hawaii
Founded Queen's Hospital; Religious Freedom; Queen of Hawaii of Hawaii
Queen of Hawaii; Composer ("Aloha Oe") of Hawaii
Filmmaker of Idaho
Author; Indian Lore Preservation; from Idaho
Writer; Poet of Idaho
Writer of Idaho
Feminist of Idaho
Feminist of Idaho
Social Reformer of Idaho
Conservationist; Environmentalist of Idaho
Deputy Attorney General of Montana
Writer; Photographer of Montana
Sociologist; Performed Pioneering Work on Chinese-Americans; from Montana
Wildlife Biologist of Montana
Pioneer; Philanthropist of Montana
Mail Carrier; Restaurateur; Entrepreneur of Montana
Homesteader; Founder of Eva Gates Homemade Preserves of Idaho
Prophetess during the Gold Rush; of Nevada
Prophetess during the Gold Rush; of Nevada
Boardinghouse/Hotel Owner; Loan Shark of Nevada
Suffragist; Feminist; Essayist of Nevada
Prophetess, known as the "Washoe Seeress" of Nevada
Artist; Painter of New Mexico
Actress; Author; Created show "Women of the West"; of New Mexico
From New Mexico
Brothel Owner; Restaurant/Hotel Owner; Nurse of New Mexico (Hillsborough)
Sculptor of Oregon
Printmaker of Oregon
Painter of Oregon
Photographer of Oregon
Artist; Quilter of Oregon
Physician; Feminist of Oregon
Doctor of Oregon
Painter of Oregon
Curator, Portland Art Museum of Oregon
ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) Activist of Oregon
Artist of Oregon
Landscape Architect of Oregon
Novelist; Author of Oregon
Filmmaker; Playwright; Writer; Director of Oregon
Author of Oregon
Restored Carousel Horses of Oregon
State Representative; Houston Revenue and School Finance Committee; of Portland, Oregon
Storyteller of Oregon
Cowgirl of Utah
Mayor of Kanab, Utah
Midwife of Utah
Wife of Brigham Young; Author of Utah
Actress; Director; Lighting Designer of Utah
Physician; Utah Senate Member of Utah
Actress; Teacher of Utah
Mountain Climber of Washington
Suffragist of Wyoming
Poet; Minister of Idaho, (Boise)
Educator of California
Bicyclist; Author of New Mexico
Motion Picture Director of California (Hollywood)
Law Enforcement; Police Officer of Oregon (Portland)
Artist of Oregon
Editor (African American Newspapers) of California (Los Angeles)
Homesteader (Chinese) of Idaho (Warren)
Outdoor Recreation of Oregon
Artist; Quilter of Oregon (Portland)
Chemist; Mountain Climber of the Himalayas
Environmentalist
Journalist of San Francisco, California
Artist of Arlee, Montana
Artist; Environmentalist of Hagerman Valley, Idaho
Photographer; Scientist; Explorer of Greenland, Arctic Islands
Artist; Singer; Songwriter; Peace Activist; Civil Rights Activist of Idaho
Pioneer (Black); of Colorado
Philanthropist; Titanic Survivor of Colorado
Pioneer; Educator of Oregon
Peace Activist; Author; Political Candidate of Japan; of Seattle, Washington
Reporter; Author; Poet; Playwright of Russia; from New York
Pilot; Flight Instructor; Parachutist of Idaho
Medical Researcher, of the Pacific Northwest
Educator; Teacher; Author; Postal Employee of Pacific Northwest
Veterinary Technician; Musher; of Alaska
Sculptor; Teacher of Montana
Lawyer (Black); Civil Rights Activist of Oregon
Political Activist; Women's Rights; from Utah
Social Activist; Reformer; from California (San Francisco's Chinatown)
Photographer of Montana
Nurse; Pioneer; Restauranteur of Tucson, Arizona
Author of Idaho Falls, Idaho
Editor; Teacher of Boise, Idaho
Poet of New Mexico
Musician
River runner (guide) of Colorado
Artist; Illustrator; Cartoonist of Montana
Photographer; of California (Bay Area)
Legal Investigator; Horse Trainer of California and New Mexico
Lawyer, Women's Issues Activist of Alaska
Founder of Theta Sigma Phi; Poet; of Spokane, Washington
Educator, Women's Issues Activist of Arizona
Educator; Children's Issues Activist of California
Explorer; Pioneer of Oregon
Filmmaker; Lecturer of California
Dancer
Suffragist; News Editor of Oregon
Botanist; Teacher; Curator; Environmentalist; Editor of California
Civil Engineer of New York
Author; Union Organizer; Educator of North Dakota
Author; of Colorado
Doctor; Feminist; Socialist; of Portland, Oregon
Restaurateur; Postman of Cascade, Montana
Author; Ethnologist; studied the Nez Perce of Idaho; born in Cuba
Author; Illustrator of the West; Idaho and Colorado
Business Woman of Tacoma, Washington
Mountain Climber of Washington
Rancher (McKay Bar) of Idaho
Poet; Publisher of Mill Valley, California
Whitewater Rafter; Outdoor Recreationalist of New Guinea
Mountain Climber of the Pacific Northwest
Editor; Historian; Curator of Arizona
Linguist; Teacher of California
Lawyer, Women's Issues of Montana
Artist; Poet; Playwright of California
Lawyer of Washington
Teacher of Nevada
Olympic Runner; Track Coach of Washington
Painter; Potter; Artist of Oregon
Mayor; Poet of Wyoming
Conservationist of Alaska
Suffragist and Politician of Idaho and Washington
Preservationist of Spanish Culture, of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Educator of Seattle, Washington
Educator of Seattle, Washington
Helicopter Pilot; Corporate Manager of Oregon
Mountain Climber of Alaska
Author of California
Artist of Arizona
Feminist; Politician, Women's City Club Organizer; Prohibitionist of Seattle, Washington
Author; Poet of Oregon
Educator, Chinese Studies of Chicago, Illinois
Lawyer of Portland, Oregon
Textile Designer, Business Woman of California
Physician; Humanitarian; Health Services Administrator of Oregon
Apache Holy Woman
Missionary of Idaho
Missionary; Linguist; Historian of Idaho
Rodeo Rider; Cowgirl of Calgary, Alberta
Educator; Teacher; Children's Activist of Pasadena, California
Computer Programmer; Educator of California
Suffragist; Feminist; Essayist of Nevada
Rancher; Teacher of Idaho
Rancher; Teacher of Idaho
Potter of San Ildefonso, New Mexico
Ambassador for Nepal
Ski Guide; Outdoor Recreationalist of Idaho
Cowboy; Homesteader of Idaho. Impersonated a man.
Engineer; Architect of California (Bay Area)
Feminist; Suffragist of Wyoming
Restaurateur of Idaho
Architect; Sculptor of Washington
Stock Broker; Corporate Executive of Portland, Oregon
Conservationist of Alaska
Medicine Woman (Navajo); Teacher of Arizona
Musical Group; Folk Singers of Price, Utah
Artist of New Mexico
Doctor of Oregon
Researcher; Animal Behaviorist of San Francisco, California
Miner of Kellogg, Idaho
Congress Woman of Idaho
Teacher; Artist; Illustrator of Idaho
Pilot; Drama Critic of English Channel
Biochemist; Researcher; Teacher of Washington State University
Suffragist; Congress Woman; Peace Activist of Montana
Teacher; Song Writer of Idaho
Author (Eskimo Culture) of Alaska
Biologist; Author; Environment of Alaska
Photographer of Alaska (Denali Park)
Dance Hall Star of Canada, Alaska, the Yukon, and Washington
Actress; Director of San Francisco, California
Medical Researcher and Public Health Activist of Colorado
Congresswoman of Colorado
Feminist; Suffragist; Author of Vietnam
Author (Pima Indian Culture) of Phoenix, Arizona
Smokejumper of the Pacific Northwest
Journalist of China
Movie Director of Montana
Folksinger; Performer; Songwriter of Idaho
Writer of Idaho
Rodeo Rider of Montana
Author
Historian; Writer; Book Collector of Idaho
Journalist; Educator of Seattle, Washington
Composer of Seattle, Washington
Dog Sledder; Outdoor Recreationalist of Canada
Saloon Owner; Gambler of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Writer of California
Photographer of Salem, Oregon
Ceramic Artist; Teacher of Seattle, Washington
Hostess (to Los Alamos scientists) of New Mexico
Peace Advocate; War Protestor of Vancouver, British Columbia
Educator; Author of New Mexico
Actress; Producer of Arizona
Scientist; Consultant to NASA, of Arizona
Business Woman of the Pacific Northwest
Daredevil of Pueblo, Colorado
Indian Activist (Paiutes) of Nevada
Prohibitionists; Suffragists of Idaho
Actress of Los Angeles, California
Singer; Song Writer; Artist; Culinary Arts of Idaho
Sheep Rancher of Idaho
Wife of Brigham Young; Anti-Polygamist of Utah
Agnes Smedley, Elsa Jane Forest Guerin, Etta Place, Isabella Bird Bishop, Alice Eastwood, Pat Schoeder, Clara Brown, Loretta Ford, Esther Hobart Morris, Georgia White Clark, Pauline Cushman, Nellie Cushman, Elizabeth Roemer, Lori Weidner, Laurel Wikening, Evelyn Cameron, Fannie Sperry Steele, Charlotta Spears Bass, Ethel Andrus, Grace Gallatin Seton, Dorothy Arzner, Gail Lauglin, Magirt Roma, Susan Schaprio, Linda Weber-Rettie, Jan Zimmerman, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Meg Christian, Alice B. Toklas, Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, Sally Standord, Lillian Ward, Isadora Duncan, Maxine Hong Kingston, Florinda Donner, Alice Waller, Mary R. Haas, Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick, Charlotte Brown, Twila Brathcher, Donaldina Cameron, Louise Arner Boyd, Sally Ride, Francine Patterson, Alberto Mao, Winifred Sweet Black Bonfils, Julia Morgan, Alice Franklin Bryant, Karen Sheldon, Ester Sugai, Billie Johnston, Mary Fugita, Marcie Trent, Dora Keen, Nellie Cashman, Elaine Rhode, Woman Dog Musher, Susan Butcher, Madeline Buchendorf, Georgia O'Keefe, Maria Montoya Martinez, Mary Austin, Carol Rymer Davis, Ann Eliza Webb Young, Mary Heathman Smith, Maude Adams, Helen Bitar, Priscilla Carrasco, Esther Pohl Lovejoy, Arlene Blum, Lois Bunman, Lynn Chambers, Linda Besant, Marie Dorion, Mary Ricke, Betsy Douglas, Morning Dove, Opal Brooten, Nancy Stringfellow, Idaho Peace Quilt, Jeannette Ross, Lynn Curtis, Diana Armstrong, Emma Ott Corbett, Eilley Orrum, Moly Flagg Knudsten, Anne Henrietta Martin, Lela Hempton, "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson
Compiled and edited by Jenny Byrne. 52 short biographies or features for every week of the year, all containing photographs or illustrations.
Compiled and edited by Deborah Hedden-Nicely and Jennifer Justice. 52 short biographies or features for every week of the year, all containing photographs or illustrations.
Project coordinated by Deborah Hedden-Nicely. 52 short biographies or features for every week of the year, all containing photographs or illustrations.
Anne Matjeka, a librarian at Boise State University, collected information on Rose Hum Lee for The Herstory Calendar Project. The papers were donated to Special Collections as a supplement to this collection. Ms. Lee, a writer and professor, was born in Butte, Montana in 1904. A daughter of a mail order bride, Lee choose to marry for love. Then, much to her mother's dismay, she traveled with her husband to his native home in Canton, China. She worked as a secretary for American Corporation in Canton until the Japanese invaded in 1937. During this tumultuous period, Lee organized refugee centers and war relief efforts in conjunction with the International Red Cross. After experiencing eighteen months of saturated bombing on the city of Canton, Lee returned to the United States. She entered Carnegie Institute of Technology. She graduated in 1942 with a degree in social work. Lee continued her education at the University of Chicago, earning her PhD. Roosevelt University hired Lee in 1945. Lee eventually became the head of the department of social work and a full professor. Her work concerning Chinese-Americans and their assimilation received international recognition and praise. The papers include biographical sketches from Who Was Who in America and Notable American Women. Ms. Matjeka acquired the information pertaining to Lee's career directly from Roosevelt University. The obituaries report that that Lee is credited as being the first women of Chinese descent to head an academic department of a United States university. Samples of Lee's writings are included in the collection, as well as a bibliography and reviews of the works.