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“The Women Who Built Omaha”Book Talk & Signing with author Dr. Eileen Wirth
Sunday, June 9th | 5:15 pm– 5:45 pm
Location: BLUEBARN Porchyard
Dr. Eileen Wirth is a professor emeritus of journalism at Creighton University who writes books on Omaha and Nebraska history. She was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and a PR Writer for Union Pacific before joining Creighton in 1991. The Nebraska Center for the book gave its 2023 Best Biography Award to “The Women Who Built Omaha.” Wirth has been involved in numerous community groups, especially the Omaha Public Library.
In “The Women Who Built Omaha,” Dr. Eileen Wirth, tells the fascinating stories of the women who founded or co-founded such signature Omaha institutions as Creighton University, Joslyn Art Museum, Mutual of Omaha, the Nebraska Furniture Mart, the Malcolm X Birth Site and many more.
“We’ve had madams and suffragists, nuns and business leaders to say nothing of artists, teachers, nurses, political leaders, doctors, lawyers, and civil rights leaders,” said Wirth, a professor emeritus of journalism at Creighton. “Who would imagine that we had a national cycling champion in the 1890s or women bootleggers in the 1920’s?” Yet these stories have largely gone untold in local history – until NOW.
“The Women Who Built Omaha” received the 2023 Best Biography Award from the Nebraska Center for the Book.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
BLUEBARN Theatre, 1106 S. 10th St.,Omaha,NE,United States
