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EARLY WOMEN ON THE ARIZONA FRONTIER

Event Type: Adult
Age Group(s): Adults
Date: 2/1/2017
Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Description:
 In "This Land is Your Land: Early Women on the Arizona Frontier", award-winning author and lecturer Jan Cleere touches on the lives of five Arizona women who experienced arduous ordeals & hardships during the territory’s early days. Apache warrior, Lozen, fought desperately to hold onto land once freely roamed by her people. Larcena Pennington was forced to crawl down a mountain to escape certain death. Mary Aguirre journeyed along the Santa Fe Trail delivering supplies to army posts. Ada Bass endured crude living conditions at the rim of the Grand Canyon, while Mormon, Emma Lee, survived untold hardships struggling to survive at the site. On the day of the program free tickets (limit two) can be picked up at the Customer Service Desk from the time the Library opens until capacity is reached. Please park in the church parking lot next to the Library. Sponsored by the Sun Lakes Friends of the Library and Arizona Humanities.
Library: Ed Robson Branch    Library location
Location: Programming Room
Contact: Patty Dennehy
Contact Number: 602-652-3000
Presenter: Jan Cleere