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Dr. Lillian Heath was Wyoming’s first female physician. Although esteemed by her male colleagues, at times her female patients were less respectful. She posed as a male for late night emergency calls in and around Rawlins.
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Young Japanese American mothers in Heart Mountain faced unique challenges as they raised their families in an internment camp.
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The American Committee for Defense of British Homes organized in 1940 to collect donations of arms, ammunition, binoculars and more to supply the British Home Guard as they defended British shores against German invasion.
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The Air Force’s SR-71 aircraft was designed to fly fast and high, while performing reconnaissance missions abroad.
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The comic book creator had a long-standing relationship with the American Heritage Center
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Residents of Wyoming contributed to the collection of a wide range of materials during the Second World War. Ranging from silk stockings to scrap metals and kitchen fats, the items collected were recycled into parachutes, ships and explosives.
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Wyoming Senator Al Simpson met with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in April 1991. Tensions were high between Iraq and the U.S. as Iraq had recently threatened Israel, gassed the Kurds, and killed a British journalist.
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Foreign correspondent Robert C. Miller risked life and limb to report on stories from the battlefields of World War II.
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Author Gregor Ziemer’s book Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi was based on his experiences in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The book became the basis for two anti-Nazi propaganda films that were widely distributed in the U.S. in 1943.
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The 1985 hit movie Back to the Future bundled comedy, adventure, and science-fiction together. The film garnered multiple awards and was a critical and commercial success.