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Episode 22: Mary Colter, Little-known Architect of the Grand Canyon National Park

2021/7/5
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I'm sure you've heard of the Grand Canyon... you know the canyon by which all other canyon must objectively be compared to? Well tune in to today's episode to hear more about the architect who built up the national park in the early 1900s - as a woman - in a male-dominated field - without even the right to vote.

Sources:

https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/mary-elizabeth-jane-colter/)

https://www.mygrandcanyonpark.com/park/history/history-of-the-grand-canyon/)

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-contributor/2016/08/09/what-remains-fred-harvey-legacy-arizona/88434080/

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/colter_hopih_photos.htm)

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