GARDNERVILLE, Nev.
by Sharlene Irete
R-C People Editor
"Douglas County Women: Past, Present and Future" is the theme of the Douglas County Historical Society's ninth annual Women's History Remembering Project.
This project has been successful in preserving Douglas County history and is held in March to celebrate National Women in History Month.
The historical society is asking for nominations of women who have made a significant contribution to the quality of life in Douglas County. Nominees, living or deceased, must live or have lived in Douglas County. Women honored at a public reception on March 28 will be chosen at the discretion of the women in history committee.
Women in history committee member Helen Chappell said the project is important by honoring the women who made the Valley what it is.
"Some women who have been honored were more significant politically, but some were good mothers, good grandmothers, good businesswomen " women who did something to help the Valley.
"I honored my mother Grace Jaunsaras who was an immigrant. My parents ran the Overland Hotel. What she did was she helped high school girls get a job. She wasn't politically outstanding, but she was part of the history of the Valley," said Chappell.
"My mother was from France and (2000 honoree) Gorgonia Borda was from Spain. They weren't politically active. They were just good people."
Nominating packets may be picked up at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville. The 83 women honored since 2000 have been nominated by relatives, friends and co-workers. The nomination forms include questions on how the nominee came to live in Douglas County and how she contributed to the community. A brief biographical sketch should give an idea of the nominee's qualities that epitomize a woman in Douglas County.
Deadline to submit nominees is March 6. Packets may be mailed by calling the historical society office at 782-2555 or Helen Chappell at 782-2643.
The women's' names and biographies are archived in the Van Sickle Library at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Information at www.historicnevada.org
Staff Reports
Imagine the Future 2000 honorees:
Ella Anderson
Roberta Bence
Gorgonia Borda
Bridget Brown
Francis Callahan
Lucille Chain
Elisabeth Crouse
Frieda Godecke
Marlena Hellwinkel
Virgina Henningsen
Laurie Hickey
Theresa Smokey Jackson
Anita Jones
Jane Lehrman
Diane Malone
Elizabeth Miller
Nancy Miluck
Lena Neddenriep
Ellie O'Toole
Dorothy Scossa
Sallie Springmeyer
Wilhelmine Springmeyer
Maribeth Volk
2001, A Woman's Odyssey honorees:
Donna Allgeier
Carol Read-Anderson
Eileen Bianchi
Elisabeth M. Brown
Marie K. Cordes
Hope Falcke
Alice E. H. Haase
Augusta D. Hellwinkel
Winona James
Beatrice Fettic Jones
Alora Knight
Linda Monahan
Juanita Schubert
Lois Storke
Eliza Mott Taylor
Annie Trimmer
Sarah Trimmer
Threads Through Time2002 honorees:
Mary Elizabeth (Liz) Bricker
Dr. Eliza Cook
Grace M. Dangberg
Sonia Cochran DeHart
Anna Neddenriep Dressler
Anna E. Heise
Joyce Hollister
Betty M. Jacobsen
Eleanorann E. Logan
Jane W. Rosenbrock
Suzanne J. Stockdale
Alma Henrietta Yparraguirre
Carson Valley Women:Sowing Seeds, Planting Ideas 2003 honorees:
Barbara Byington
Rhoda Jacobsen Chichester
Leona Fillmore-McDonald
Shirley Claire Trimmer - Giovacchini
Josephine Anna Hellwinkel
Mary Raitt Henningsen
Catharina Bertha Cordes - Lundergreen
Mary McCulloch Mack
Irene H. Marshall
Billie Jean Byrne Rightmire
Ethel Cordes Schacht
Grace A. Settelmeyer
Weaving Our Colorful History 2004 honorees:
Alice H. Fisher
Margaretta Park Dressler
Judy Sturgis
Grace Jaunsaras
Olga May Judd Holmes
Frances Thomson Galeppi
Guardians of Us All 2005 honorees:
Louisa Beatrice Mott
Vera Gesselman
Virginia Kizer
Lois Brooks Hailey
E. Carol Judd
Dorothea Henrietta Alvina- Neddenriep
Marcella Oxoby
Footprints in History 2006 honorees:
Carol Lee Biaggi Aldax
Anna Norgaard Harris- Behrman
Lura Ida Jones
Cheri Owen
Beauty, Brains & Brawn 2007 honorees:
Debra Jane Bacchi
Elizabeth D. Ellis
Sarah Jane Kinsey
JoAnn Smokey Martinez
Paula M. Reed
There were no honorees in 2008.
