Business Archives - Page 13 of 35

Mary Ann Buxton

New Zealand teacher and businesswoman

Mary Cuddie

1800s New Zealand farmer, midwife and shopkeeper

Margaret Forbes

1800s New Zealand innkeeper and land protesterwho dared to stand up for her rights before the highest authorities.

After making her way to an unfamiliar country, she proceeded to establish herself in the community. She worked to better the lives of her fellow Finnish immigrants and women in Calumet and beyond. She acted locally, nationally, and internationally to advance women’s rights, and was a powerful advocate for new American citizens.

Matilda Furley

1800s New Zealand storekeeper, baker, butcher, hotel-keeper and community leader

Victorine Goddard

1800s New Zealand hotel-keeper

Paula Anderson

Paula “Polly” Liebau emigrated to the U.S. from Germany as a young woman, following the allure of gold to Alaska. Along with her prospecting partner and husband, John Anderson, Paula crossed the Alaska Range by dog team, arriving to mine in the Kantishna District in 1918.

Ruth Sandvik

In addition to running the Trading Post in Kotzebue, Alaska, Ruth was influential in local politics and an avid historian, naturalist, and adventurer. She earned a degree in Biology and was one of University of Alaska Fairbanks’ first Inupiaq graduates. Ruth and her family were a critical support for the Archaelogical work conducted in Kobuk Valley National Park by Louis Giddings and Doug Anderson. She had a passion for history and the heritage of the Iñupiat.