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Unequal and Unruly - A Lecture with Jennifer Hill
Bozeman Public Library

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August 19, 2025 @ 6:00pm - 7:00pm

From the 1910s through the 1960s, working women in Montana taught school, staffed hospitals, kept factories running, and fed children. They danced and loved and paid the rent; they stirred up trouble and talked back. As they navigated cultural constraints and economic limitations, working women left few records, but they profoundly shaped modern Montana.

Based on wide-ranging research, Dr. Jennifer Hill uses the overlooked experiences of ordinary women to explore historical trends in work, organizing efforts like the Women’s Protective Union, and pragmatic strategies of working-class resistance.