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From: "kitsel" <>
Subject: Re: [PaCambri] Women of Cambria County Book
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 00:27:32 -0500
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That book is available for sale at the
library in Johnstown.
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Subject: [PaCambri] Women of Cambria County Book


> Hello List,
> I was looking at a reference book at he library inLilly the other day and
> thought I'd pass along the name and publisher of it since it may help some
of
> you.
> It is called Women of Cambria County: Their Work, Their History, Their
> Contribution 1770-1987. By the Johnstown Branch American Association of
> University Women. Published by The A.G. Halldin Publishing Company,
Indiana
> , Pennsylvania, copyright 1988
>
> There are too many names in it to list right now, but I did want to let
you
> all know about it and some of its content. It has some lifestyle stories
in
> it: Coal miner's wife, Woman's life on the farm, railroaders wife, wife of
a
> steel mill laborer, and the teacher in the one room school room.
>
> The next section deals with specific locations in Cambria County and "some
> women who there". An couple of examples are: Stoneycreek Township (Rachel
> Adams), and Geistown (Geis, Nees, Henrich, Karcher-Karr-Ruth).
>
> Some of you who are researching may find an ancestor or two, because some
of
> the names I have seen listed on this county list---besides it is just
> interesting to read some of the profiles and place them in historical
> context.
>
> So, I guess that is it! Deb
>
>
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