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Harvey Girl
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ISBN13: 9780896725706 
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Wanted: Young women, 18 to 30 years of age, of good moral character, attractive and intelligent, as waitresses in the Harvey Eating Houses on the Santa Fe Railroad in the West. Good wages with room and meals furnished. Liberal tips customary. Experience not necessary. Harvey Girls served gourmet meals to passengers of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. During the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s, Harvey Houses were a familiar sight to train travelers in the American West. There were one hundred Harvey Houses and about a hundred thousand Harvey Girls over the years. In a time when there were limited career choices for women, becoming a Harvey Girl offered rare independence for young ladies. In 1919 one such Harvey Girl is feisty Clara Fern Massie, an Ozark farm girl who runs away from home on her fourteenth birthday after standing up to her harsh father. Heading west and taking a job as a waitress--a Harvey Girl--the underage Clara struggles to learn the demanding Harvey Way and shed her farm-girl image to become a confident, independent woman.
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LindaHerman, September 1, 2007 (view all comments by LindaHerman)
History comes alive in this coming-of-age novel that shows the story of Fred Harvey's famous waitresses through the eyes of an Ozark farm girl. Travel with Clara Fern Massie and experience a time when women are fighting for the right to vote and most 14-year-old girls don't have careers away from home. Well-researched and well-written, Harvey Girl and its delicious details will entertain adults and its intended middle-grade audience. History buffs will enjoy the photographs and nonfiction information at the end of the novel. Teachers will appreciate the in-depth study guide, featuring activities and discussion questions, available at the web site of Texas Tech University Press. Harvey Girl is an absorbing journey into the past.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780896725706
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Texas Tech University Press
- Manufactured:
- Texas Tech University
- Subject:
- History
- Subject:
- Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Subject:
- Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical
- Subject:
- Runaways
- Publication Date:
- April 2006
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 152
- Dimensions:
- 8.86x6.10x.49 in. .63 lbs.
- Age Level:
- 08-12
