James Beard and Harvey Girls – San Jose Mercury News

James Beard and Harvey Girls
San Jose Mercury News
More than 100,000 young women began heading west in the 1880s to work as waitresses on the fledgling transcontinental railroad, where Fred Harvey’s line of cafes and hotels — the nation’s first restaurant chain — sprang up in or near train stations

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