About NWHP

What is the Nevada Women's History Project?

Founded in the Fall of 1994

Statewide educational non-profit organization

Mission: "Providing visibility and support for the gathering and dissemination of history about the roles and contributions of Nevada women of every race, class, and ethnic background."

Individual membership ($30/year) open to all women and men; includes newsletter subscription.

Organizational membership ($50/year); includes newsletter subscription.

Student ($15/year); includes newsletter subscription

Corporate Sponsor ($250/year); includes newsletter subscription

Reciprocal Organization (N/C)

NWHP Biennial Conference
The Nevada Women's History Project Biennial Conference, a statewide gathering for women, will be held every two years, alternating between northern and southern Nevada. Workshops and featured events coincide with the conference theme, with speakers and panelists rounding out the program. For information watch this site and the NWHP Newsletter.

Discovering Nevada women in History - A Biographical Database
Return to our home page to learn about Beda Cornwall, Josie Pearl, Emma Nevada, Bertha Ronzone, Mary Rose, Theresa Laxalt, and other women in Nevada history. We plan to include 75 women from throughout the State in our first phase. We invite teachers, librarians, and students to suggest additional names and even write the biographies that might be added to this important database.

Nevada Women's History: A Guide to Archival Collections
This valuable resource, available now, features 110 libraries, museums, state parks, and other sites in Nevada that have unpublished materials (manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, scrapbooks, etc.) about Nevada women. A project of the Nevada Women's Archives at the University of Nevada, Reno Special Collections. Call the NWHP at 775/786-2335, or Jacque Sundstrand at 775/784-6500 ext. 327, for more information.

How to contact NWHP for more information:

We would like to hear from you whether or not you live in the State of Nevada. Please feel free to send us your ideas, the projects your group is working on, and any other information you feel we would like to know about.

Email: nwhp@pyramid.net
Web Site: www.nevadawomen.org

North: NWHP
770 Smithridge Dr.,Suite 300
Reno, NV 89502-0708
Phone: (775) 786-2335 - Fax: (775) 826-6865

South: NWHP
P. O. Box 12184
Las Vegas, NV 89112-0184
Phone: (702) 735-1675 -- Fax: (702) 385-9278

A Sampler of NWHP Activities since spring, 2000:

Academic course offerings via UNR/UNLV Continuing Ed

Annual Pink Tea at the Governor's Mansion

Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, research field trip with Dr. Anne Howard

Co-Sponsorship of Las Vegas pioneer women Helen J. Stewart statue project

Historical and cultural walking tours in both North and South regions

Documentation of NWHP members' history via profiles, oral histories

Education, Outreach and Review Committee

Library resources (Book Assessment Project)
Nevada speaker's bureau and Chautauqua presenters
Policy re curriculum
Teacher in-service training
Teacher identification and support

Hannah Clapp Lecture Series; Carson City

Historical Nevada Women's Biographies in Nevada Newspapers

Nevada Admission Day in Carson City and Heldorado Day in Las Vegas parade participation

NWHP Office and Information Jean Ford Research Center

Nevada Women's History Conference; 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008

Nevada Women's Oral History Project

Nevada Native American Women's Oral History Project

Nevada's First Ladies Project-gathering and disseminating information on First Ladies through web site newspaper/photograph index and online biographies

Newsletter, quarterly

Participation in Grass Roots Lobby Days

Participation with Nevada Humanities online Nevada Encyclopedia Project

Product development for sales (post cards, notepaper, video, etc.)

Publication of "Skirts that Swept the Desert Floor", stories of 100 Nevada women

Presentation for Dula Senior Center, Las Vegas

Sarah Winnemucca Statue Project culminating in installation of Nevada's 2nd statue in Congressional Statuary Hall, Washington D.C. and corresponding statues in the Carson City Capitol and Las Vegas Sawyer Legislative Bldg.

"Saga of Nevada Women's Suffrage" docu-dramas (Carson City, Winnemucca, Gardnerville and other rural Nevada towns

Series of presentation for Classic Residence, Reno

Series of presentations co-sponsored with Nevada Historical Society, Reno

Video-documentary/panel discussion on "Nevada Women in Politics", Reno

Video-documentary, "In the Footsteps of Sarah Winnemucca"

Silver State Sampler Bus Tours

UNLV Oral History Project on Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment

Women's Military Memorial Flag Stanchion Project

Workshops: oral history, genealogy, materials preservation, research grant writing

NWHP Leadership:

Northern Region Steering Committee

Mary Anne Convis: Chair
Lisa-Marie Lightfoot: Vice-Chair
Holly VanValkenburgh: Treasurer
Patti Bernard: Secretary
Kay Sanders: Communication Co-Chair
Lisa-Marie Lightfoot: Communication Co-Chair
Isabel Espinoza: Finance Chair
Carrie Townley Porter and Grace Davis: Membership Co-Chairs
Mary Anne Convis: Project Review Chair
Carleen Ernest, Martha Gould, Kathleen Noreman and Karen Benna: Program Chairs
Cherry Jones: Past Chair

NWHP State Committee Members

Cherry Jones & Lisa-Marie Lighfoot: President
Grace Davis: First Vice-President
Holly Van Valkenburgh: Third Vice-President
Linda Wycoff: Treasurer
Patti Bernard: Secretary
Denise Yoxsimer: Nevada Women's Fund Representative
Holly Walton Buchanan: Editor for State Newsletter
Kay Sanders: Biographies Oral History - JFCC - Communications-Communication Co-Chair
Lisa-Marie Lightfoot: Webmaster
Carrie Porter: Archivist
Carrie Townley-Porter & Holly Van Valkenburg: Project Preview Co-Chairs
Grace Davis: Education Out-Review