Nevada Women's History Project

08/06/2026

Patti’s Garden welcomes all new, old and prospective members!

Go to www.nevadawomen.org to register.

07/09/2026

On the horizon!

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it got me wondering, what did things look like for women in 1876, for the Centennial Celebration?

07/08/2026

Coming up. Learn to write a biography - of a family member, a friend or perhaps for the Nevada Women’s History Project collection of Nevada Women’s biographies.

This is an on hands learning project. You will complete a biography.

05/31/2026

04/01/2026

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1750e26a5c6b4bffb9df4ac75d2e1bfb

Statewide Data Profile

03/20/2026

https://membership.nevadawomen.org/event-6595229

Jill Derby's political activism started in the early 1970s when she campaigned for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

02/18/2026

https://membership.nevadawomen.org/event-6569692

01/15/2026

Do you have marketing skills?
Do you have writing skills?
Do you like to plan events?
Do you like making presentations?
Are you interested in ensuring women’s history is celebrated and not forgotten?

If you can say yes to any of these questions, the Nevada Women’s History Project wants YOU!

Visit our website, www.nevadawomen.org and familiarize yourself with who we are.

Plan to attend our next meeting where you will learn to preserve family memories, traditions and moments thar matter to you.
February 14th - 9:30am - 12:00pm. Call Patti Bernard (775-826-3612) or Sue Davis (755-722-2699) for additional information.

Or if you just want to talk, attend a Board Meeting or a future event, call Patti or Sue.

We’d be interested in what you have to offer our organization even if your participation is simply attending a monthly event.

Writing women back into history. Our mission is to gather and disseminate the history of Nevada Women.

01/07/2026

If you’re at all interested in capturing your family’s history, this is the class you want to attend.

If you’re interested in writing biographies for the NWHP, you want to attend this class.

Or maybe you’re just interested in how to conduct research and want to know what resources are available to you and where to find them.

12/13/2025

December 6th, NWHP members and guests met Pat Nixon (Kathy Drake - not pictured), Helen Stewart (Nita Jameson) and Helen Delich Bentley (Barbara Fleisher) - three women with extraordinary lives.

- Pat Nixon was born in Ely, Nevada in 1912. She lived in Nevada briefly and became First Lady of the United States.
- Helen Stewart arrived in Nevada in 1863 after her marriage to Archibald Stewart a Lincoln County NV rancher and was a major influence in Clark County.
- Helen Delich Bentley was born in 1923 in Tonopah Canyon a mining community outside Ely, NV and educated in White Pine schools graduating from Ely High School in 1941 as Valedictorian and ultimately gaining National prominence.

The Stewart and Bentley biographies are available on www.nevadawomen.org.