Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation

Rhode Island native, Nancyann Leeder found herself in Reno with three young children in 1964 where she found a position as a news reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal. Her main reporter “beats” were education, the Judicial College, courts, and. police. She obtained a B.A. at UNR in 1970 while still working for the newspaper.  With recommendations from Judicial College judges, she left Reno for S...
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Dana Bennett is both a historical Nevada researcher and author.  Among Dana’s many accolades, she became the first woman to head of the Nevada Mining Association.  Currently the editor of the Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly and owner of Midas Strategies, a boutique research firm., her interests include history of women in Nevada politics, state policies, and history of the Ne...
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