Nevada Women's History Project

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.

11/20/2025

Saturday, November 15th, Robin Holabird, author, movie reviewer, former Nevada Film Office deputy director and world traveler, shared vignettes and memories from her book, “Elvis, Marilyn and the Space Aliens” with NWHP members and guests. The audience was captivated, questions were asked and answered. Robin, a lifetime film buff also reviews movies on Rotten Tomatoes and KUNR 89.7 FM, Reno Public Radio.

11/04/2025

Register for this event at www.nevadawomem.org

10/19/2025

Ranch San Rafael was the setting for Wild Horse Annie to come talk to members and friends of the NWHP.

Velma Bronn Johnston aka Wild Horse Annie (and portrayed by Chautauquan Kim Harris of Carson Valley) was born in 1912 and died in 1977. She became an advocate for Nevada’s wild horses after first seeing a group of wild horses being taken to a local slaughter house. Blood oozing from the trailer prompted her to get out of her car and approach the driver of the trailer. What she learned about the treatment and disposition of the horses prompted her to devote her life to saving Nevada’s wild horses and burros from such inhumane treatment.

This event was underwritten by the Estelle J Kelsey Foundation.

10/09/2025

In 1971, the 92nd Congress unanimously passed the Wild and Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act. It was signed into law by then President Richard Nixon on December 14, 1971. Velma Johnston thought she had saved Nevada's wild horses and burros from inhumane treatment and slaughter. This legislation became known as the Wild Horse Annie Act.

Come here Kim Harris portray "Wild Horse Annie" on Saturday, October 18th at Rancho San Rafael.

It's an opportunity to enjoy lunch, meet with your friends (old and new) and learn a bit of history. Afterwards you can roam the Arboretum and enjoy Nevada's beautiful Fall days.

09/27/2025

You Dont want to miss this event. You may register on our website- www.nevadawomen.org OR contact Patti Bernard (775-826-3622) or Sue Davis (775-722-2699).