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Podcast: WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg
Episode: 9/8/25 Juliette Fay- The Harvey Girls/ Collector Andrew DeBoer
Description: We explore the fascinating legacy of Fred Harvey and the so-called Harvey Girls, those women who served as well-paid waitresses in the Harvey-operated restaurants and hotels that dotted the American West in the late 19th and early 20th century. We begin with writer Juliette Fay, talking about her novel "The Harvey Girls," which focuses on two women who have become Harvey Girls for very different reasons- one is a young teenager (pretending to be older than she was) who wants to help out her nearly-destitute family. The other is a woman fleeing an abusive marriage. After that, we talk...