The Harvey Girls: The Secret Army of 100,000 Women Who Won the West

Описание: On paper, they were “only waitresses.”
In reality, the Harvey Girls were a secret army of 100,000 women who helped tame the Wild West with coffee, curfews, and four-course meals served in under thirty minutes.

From strict dormitory rules and starched uniforms to whirlwind frontier romances and 12-hour shifts, this story follows the women Fred Harvey hired to bring order to the chaos along the Santa Fe Railroad. They left farms and small towns back East, boarded trains with 24 hours’ notice, and stepped into dusty boomtowns where there were “no ladies west of Dodge City and no women west of Albuquerque.”

In this slow, documentary-style frontier sleep story, you’ll hear how:
Railroad food was once a dangerous joke
Fred Harvey built America’s first restaurant chain along the tracks
Harvey Girls turned rough depots into islands of civility
Tens of thousands married, stayed, and quietly reshaped Western towns
Settle in, dim the lights, and let this true story of discipline, ambition, and quiet rebellion carry you off to sleep.

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