Nevada Women's Legacy-150 Years of Excellence Book Media Kit by LeZot Ink

announces the launch of the

Nevada Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy 150 Years of Excellence Book to be released in October 2014

EVENTS: JANUARY 11, 2014

FIRST LADIES FIRST, LAS VEGAS

JANUARY 25, 2014

RECOGNIZING RURAL GREATNESS -- WOMEN OF SEARCHLIGHT, LAUGHLIN, CA;-NEV-ARI

MAY 31, 2014

RECEPTION HONORING WOMEN OF BOULDER CITY

Events Celebrating the Women of Nevada’s Sesquicentennial

JULY 30 - AUGUST 3, 2014

SESQUICENTENNIAL FAIR DISPLAY AT NWHP BOOTH, CARSON CITY

EXHIBITS: SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

SMITH CENTER, LAS VEGAS

OCTOBER 1-30, 2014

Monday - Thursday, 7:00AM - 5:30PM LAS VEGAS CITY HALL, LAS VEGAS

PARADES: OCTOBER 31, 2014, LAS VEGAS NOVEMBER 1, 2014, CARSON CITY 2015 EXHIBITS: FEBRUARY AND MARCH

NEVADA LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, CARSON CITY

MARCH 16 - APRIL 1, 2015

LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, CARSON CITY

GENDERFICATION FORUMS TO BE ANNOUNCED Contact Marlene Adrian for details at 702.655.2146 or adrianmjlv@gmail.com Visit the Nevada Women’s Virtual Center at nevadawomensvirtualcenter.org for the latest information, videos and to get involved with this project.

Mission Our mission is to give visibility to women and create a woman-appreciated future.

Highlights - Stories of influential woman in Nevada’s history - Synopsis of the First Ladies First event - Unique historical perspective from women in each county of Nevada - Resources, women’s organizations databases, genderfication -

Las Vegas Centennial Wall of Women reconstructed

Contact Marlene Adrian for details at 702.655.2146 or adrianmjlv@gmail.com Visit the Nevada Women’s Virtual Center at nevadawomensvirtualcenter.org for the latest information, videos and to get involved with this project.

Who is behind this project?

The Nevada Women’s Legacy – 150 Years of Excellence is a statewide project by many women’s organizations, coordinated by Women of Diversity Productions, Inc. 501(c)(3), to collect and video record women’s oral histories in celebration of Nevada’s sesquicentennial

make women visible and spotlight the importance of Nevada Women in Nevada History

interview diverse women in each of the 17 counties in Nevada and place their videos and biographies on the Nevada Women’s Virtual Center website and in the Nevada Women’s Legacy book

provide all school and library districts, museums and other public entities in Nevada complimentary copies of the Nevada Women’s Legacy book for the public to appreciate the pivotal roles women throughout Nevada portrayed in the shaping of Nevada

Your support helps...

- go to website and click on donate to support this project - with donations of $35 or more each supporter receives a complimentary copy of the Nevada Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy book

Become a Supporter...

- the most rewarding benefit is knowing that you enhanced this project and provided visibility to Nevada women and their roles/accomplishments in the evolution of creating a woman-appreciated society - Sponsor information is also available at the end of this kit

Contact Marlene Adrian for details at 702.655.2146 or adrianmjlv@gmail.com Visit the Nevada Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Virtual Center at nevadawomensvirtualcenter.org for the latest information, videos and to get involved with this project.

Sample Pages -- First Ladies Section 3

Inaugural Event First Ladies First

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First Lady Kathleen Sandoval

It is my honor and privilege to welcome everyone to First Ladies First: A Conversation with Five Former First Ladies. The First Ladies that have gathered here today all have remarkable stories to tell and provide a unique insight into Nevada and how our state operates. The role of First Lady is many things. You serve as a hostess, advisor, ambassador, and champion for meaningful causes that make our state a better place to live. The First Ladies here today championed issues such as women’s health, combated domestic violence, advocated for children with special needs, and fought against drunk driving to name a few. The work that has been done by these women has impacted generations of Nevadans. First Ladies Kathryn List, Bonnie Bryan, Sandy Miller, Dema Guinn, and Dawn Gibbons have all touched Nevada in a way that has been profound and lasting. Each of these women has made her mark on our state and all who live here. Other than devotion and love for the Silver State, there is truly no archetype for the role of the First Lady in Nevada. Each woman who takes on that role has the opportunity to recreate this position, and seek the best way to serve our great state. This is an honor that is only enjoyed for a short time, and Kathryn List, Bonnie Bryan, Sandy Miller, Dema Guinn, and Dawn Gibbons all made the most of their time as First Lady. What each of these women has done as First Lady is truly remarkable, and serves as a shining example of what one individual can do to make a difference.

Paula Francis Event Emcee

Paula Francis has lived in Las Vegas since 1985. She has been chosen “Best TV Anchor in Las Vegas” by the readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal every year from 2000 to 2012, except in 2004 when she was second only to Gary Waddell, her co-anchor and dear friend.

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Paula is a founding member of the Nevada Chapter of the International Women’s Forum. In 2005, Paula was honored as a woman of Distinction by the National Association of Women Business Owners, and also received the prestigious “Heart of Gold” award from the American Heart Association. She has received a number of humanitarian awards for her community involvement, especially her campaign for breast cancer awareness, Buddy Check 8 and won numerous awards for medical reporting.

Kathryn Sue “Kathy” Geary List was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 7, 1940 to Frances Kathryn Kaufman and Timothy Emmett Geary. In November 1941, her father died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack. In 1942, Kathy, her mother and 5 year old brother Tom moved to Terre Haute, Indiana, where her mother had been raised and her mother went back to work as a registered nurse. In 1947 Frances married a wonderful man, Thomas Arthur Gibbons, who raised Kathy and her brother and a half brother John, born in 1949.

Kathryn (Geary) List 1979-1983

Kathy graduated from Garfield High School, the same school from which her mother graduated. Kathy graduated from Indiana University in 1962 with honors, majoring in French and English. She was an active member of the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. Never having been west of the Mississippi River, she and a sorority sister took a train to Reno, Nevada between her junior and senior years, and then a bus to South Lake Tahoe where she got a summer job at Harrah’s Casino. It was at Tahoe that she met her future husband, Bob List, who was between his second and third years of law school. She returned to IU for her senior year and then married Bob on July 1, 1962 at the List Ranch in Washoe Valley, Nevada. She then taught school at Carson Junior High School, Carson High and Western Nevada Community College. They had three children; Suzanne Kathryn List, Franklin “Hank” Mark List and Michelle Alice List. Kathryn was First Lady of Nevada from 1979-1983. In addition to her official role of entertaining and attending many state functions, Kathy made the Governor’s Mansion available for tours and various charitable events. She noticed there were few paintings on the walls of the Governor’s Mansion and started the Friends of the Mansion, composed of people from all over Nevada. They raised money to buy paintings and art objects of Nevada, all from Nevada artists and of Nevada scenes. Until they raised enough funds to decorate the Mansion, various Nevadans would display their paintings for approximately three months. One of Kathy’s special projects was a picnic every spring for children with special needs in Northern Nevada. Another project she started was to make the Mansion accessible to people with disabilities. She and Bob moved to Reno, Nevada in December 1983 and were divorced in 1988. Kathy obtained her real estate license in 1986 and her broker’s license in 1990. She still has an active real estate license. She was a member of the Association of Realtors Top Producers Club and was chairperson of the local and state Realtors Associations’ Political Affairs Committee. Kathy was active in numerous community activities, including the American Red Cross, being a director of the Nevada Women’s Fund, a director of the University Of Nevada Reno Foundation, and was on the Friends of the University Library Board of Directors. She has been a longtime member of the Nevada Museum of Art.

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Sample Pages -- Wall of Women Project Section 1

2005 Las Vegas Centennial Wall of Women |

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In 2004, Women of Diversity Productions, began the Las Vegas Centennnial project “100 Years of Influence - The Role of Women in Shaping the First Hundred Years of Las Vegas. The project was first displayed at the Las Vegas Art Museum Theatre and Studio Galleries, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 18 thru May 22, 2005. There were five components: • Video kiosks of 45 women’s interviews • Graphics portrayals of 23 women’s organizations • Essential Dimensions -- a juried art exhibit of and about the Women of Las Vegas • Women of Diversity Triad Tower - a public art sculpture • Wall of Women measuring 40 linear feet and consisting of 256 women’s faces and descriptive bios This Wall of Women has been reconstructed in this book as a more permanent and archival representation of the women honored in 2005.

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Sample Pages -- County History Section 1

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NyeCounty -- History Nye County, Nevada is the third largest county in the United States surpassed only by San Bernardino County, California and Coconino County, Arizona, as documented by Wikipedia. Prior to the great mining booms at Tonopah (1900-gold and silver), Goldfield (1902-gold), and Rhyolite (1904-gold), the territory in southern Nevada remained unsettled. Early population estimates the boomtowns drew as many as 35,000 people, but as the ore dwindled so did the populations and by 1920 all were designated ghost towns. Women did not play a role in these early booms because mining enterprise did not foster a family atmosphere. Not until the rise of agriculture in the southern portion of Nevada did women bring their families to the area in support of cotton and alfalfa farming. A few multi-generational families migrated to the area from about the mid-1930s with an influx following World War II. Women and children helped to pick cotton, raise family gardens and livestock. Women served as teachers in rural, one-room school houses. Women transported the community children to the schools, served as mail carriers and postmasters. As the children grew up, many went off to college only to return to their rural roots, bringing their skills in support of their communities. As the communities grew in population, the job opportunities became much more varied with women participating in retail, gaming, medicine, government, church and varied service organizations. Location of the infamous Area 51 top-secret military facility, Nye County was also the above ground location for atomic testing. The nuclear test blasts were clearly visible, celebrated by citizens and witnessed by school children. Contractors for the military still provide many jobs for women in the areas of clerical, scientific and law enforcement. From the smaller population of 269 in Gabbs, to the larger of 36,441 in Pahrump, Nye County continues as a rural atmosphere. Nye Communities Coalition (NyECC) is a non-profit organization providing family services to these rural areas. Through the Methodologies Project, women of the NyECC are actively engaging young adults from Pahrump through Tonopah and beyond in areas of good health and life enrichment. Through the art of film, music and staged events, teens and young adults are producing and sharing these messages with their peers. Women are a major force in the arts with ever changing exhibits of local artists at the rural courthouses and libraries and museums. The ten-year-old High Desert International Film Festival was founded and is directed by a woman, Linda Kass, and entices filmmakers from around the world to bring their films to share, and exhibits the productions of local teens made in annual Youth Film Camps. The president of the Pahrump Arts Council is a woman, Loretta Lindell. PAC brings in the Missoula Children’s Theatre to stage an annual play using dozens of local children in the performance. Local women are emerging as novelists, E.F. Winters and Maer Wilson. They write in many genres from fantasy to historical and everything between. A woman from Pahrump, Shannon Moore, started the Food For Thought program that is being used as a paradigm in other communities. Non-perishable food items are placed in backpacks and distributed to school children on Fridays to ensure that they will have nourishment on the weekend. The annual budget for the program is over $100,000 and growing through support from local businesses and service organizations.

Susan L. Fisher

Nye County History from a Women’s Perspective

Nye County NV

I was asked to provide a descriptor for myself. One word comes to mind – Lobbyist. It isn’t just what I do; it’s what I am. I was introduced to the world of politics in my late twenties and I fell in love with the process and the personalities involved. While I don’t always see eye-to-eye with some of our elected officials, I respect them for their commitment to public service. I can’t imagine doing anything other than lobbying and I am so fortunate to be able to do something I love AND get paid to do it. While I love my time at home digging in my garden with my hens clucking and murmuring around me looking for bugs, I look forward to Mondays and the work week. How many people get to say that? I was born and raised on a farm in Strathmore, California, a very small town in the San Joaquin Valley. I am the youngest of three daughters born to Howard and Ophelia “Buzz” Fisher. It was an ideal childhood with loving and fun parents, lots of room to roam, lots of critters to take care of and play with, and lots of great life lessons. My sisters and I all worked on the farm – not always enthusiastically – but my mom set up bank accounts for us and kept track of our hours, depositing our pay directly into the accounts for us. I learned to drive on a tractor at a very tender age. My mom’s mom was widowed very young, when my mom was just a child. Grandma never remarried; instead opting to hone her office skills and became a successful investor, developer and businesswoman. My mom was a also widowed young, with my dad passing away when my mom was the age I am now (at 55, I certainly still feel young). Rather than selling the farm, as many who don’t know her well expected, she continued to farm it and in fact took some wellresearched and educated chances to expand the ranch and planted crops not typically planted in the area…and succeeded. My mom has long been a respected agricultural advocate and has lobbied on water and ag issues at the state and federal levels. I know I got my ability to walk up to anyone and strike up a conversation from her. My sisters and I are as different as can be, but one similarity we have is that we all have very independent streaks; inherited most certainly from my mom and her mom. One is a worldtraveler, artist and pilot; the other is an award-winning singer-songwriter and equestrian. Both have great talents. I guess my talent is my ability to make people feel comfortable, to connect with people – men and women -- and to build trust. Like my mom, I’m not afraid to stick my neck out and take a chance. I came to Nevada as a young bride and fell in love with the independent nature of Nevadans. I raised two wonderful children who are Nevadans through and through, Amanda and Ben Miller, both of whom also have the Fisher independent streak. From the time they were six and eight, it was just us three figuring out how to fix leaky sinks and broken sprinkler systems; stretch the grocery budget with many variations of ramen noodle soup, and taking short hikes with a picnic lunch for weekend entertainment. As adults, they are both self-reliant and like their Grandma Fisher, there is nothing they are afraid to tackle. They and my mom are my idols.

Presently, the town manager of Pahrump, Nevada is a woman, Susan Holecheck , the former mayor of Mesquite, Nevada.

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Women in Nye County, Nevada look for the need and then fill it.

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Sponsor packages include your personal recognition message in printed book and the following benefits: • Complimentary copies of this book • DVD of First Ladies First event • Website recognition nevadawomensvirtualcenter.org • Recognition at one or more of our exhibits

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Thank you for your generous support of the Nevada Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy which is an IRS approved 501.c.3 tax-exempt charity. Your donation may be tax-deductible (pursuant NRS 598) and note EIN 75-2580282. Please check with your accountant for details.