Alice Boyer
Dublin Core
Title
Alice Boyer
Subject
Source
Women in Nevada History: A Legacy Digital Project
Publisher
Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN)
Rights
This resource is available for education and research purposes. This collection is a collaboration and combination of various projects including, but not limited to; the Women in Nevada History: A Legacy Digital Project, the Nevada Women’s Archives, the Las Vegas Women Oral History Project and the Makers: Women in Nevada History Project, a co-production of the Women's Research Institute of Nevada and VegasPBS. The text, images, audio and video in this collection are under copyright by different repositories and may not be reproduced without express written consent of the appropriate entities.
Relation
Person Item Type Metadata
Work/Contribution
Las Vegas Mesquite Club
(Clubs/Community)
(Clubs/Community)
Birth Date
November 12, 1913
Birthplace
Arrival in Las Vegas
1937
Death Date
February 16, 2008
Interviewer
Date of Interview
1996
Biographical Text
Alice Ward Boyer arrived in Las Vegas from Oklahoma in 1937. Her brother and former husband came earlier to escape the dustbowl depression and get settled. In the middle of the summer, just at dusk, she emerged from the train at Kingman, Arizona with her two small children to meet her family and drive through the darkness to her new home in Las Vegas.
Born in rural Oklahoma, she spent her early years on a ranch. Alice graduated from high school just as the Great Depression began and worked briefly at a newspaper before marriage.
Her recollections revive the older Las Vegas when community life characterized the small town. At the heart of her story is the Mesquite Club. The non-partisan civic activities of the Mesquite Club are part of a national history of women’s club voluntarism in the nineteenth and twentieth century United States. Founded in 1911, this pioneer Las Vegas women’s club played an essential role in the development of the growing town.
Alice Boyer joined the Mesquite club in 1944. She first served as the chair of the Garden Committee, then “went right up through the chairs,” and was elected President of the club for 1958-59. She was also a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Alice Boyer died February 16, 2008 in Pennsylvania at 94 years old.
Born in rural Oklahoma, she spent her early years on a ranch. Alice graduated from high school just as the Great Depression began and worked briefly at a newspaper before marriage.
Her recollections revive the older Las Vegas when community life characterized the small town. At the heart of her story is the Mesquite Club. The non-partisan civic activities of the Mesquite Club are part of a national history of women’s club voluntarism in the nineteenth and twentieth century United States. Founded in 1911, this pioneer Las Vegas women’s club played an essential role in the development of the growing town.
Alice Boyer joined the Mesquite club in 1944. She first served as the chair of the Garden Committee, then “went right up through the chairs,” and was elected President of the club for 1958-59. She was also a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Alice Boyer died February 16, 2008 in Pennsylvania at 94 years old.
Collection
Citation
“Alice Boyer,” Makers Teaching Modules, accessed March 12, 2025, https://makersteachingmodules.sites.unlv.edu/items/show/13.