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Photograph: Votes for Women Exhibit (2022)

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Photograph: Japanese Utahn's in front of Fremont School (1915)

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Two women smiling for the camera in ~1935
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Photograph: Salt Lake City Unveils A New Mural, Celebrating Women in History (2023)
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Photograph: Utah Women Canning Together (Est. 1935)

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Latino Family from Brigham City, Utah
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    INTRODUCING OUR HISTORY AMBASSADORS: SHADOWING, INTERNSHIPS, AND MORE

    The Utah State Historical Society was founded on July 22, 1897 and at that time Governor Heber M. Wells urged the new organization to write a “true history of the state.”

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    THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP: UTAH'S LATINA LEGISLATORS MAKE HISTORY

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    INDUSTRY & IMMIGRANTS IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY UTAH

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