2 Although their work was often different from men’s, women still profited economically from the transcontinental endeavor and were critical to its success.Īs construction of the Union Pacific progressed westward, temporary communities followed along in its wake. Because contemporaries considered these kinds of women to be “those of little note,” their stories are harder to find.
Yet many other women, besides this handful of “ladies,” played supporting roles in the construction of the transcontinental railroad in 18 they included entertainers, hotel and newspaper operators, and Latter-day Saint women, as well as the wives of railroad employees. James.” The newspapers of the time reported that four “ladies” were present at the golden spike ceremony on May 10, 1869, the wives and family members of prominent railroad men only women of a higher social class or those women associated with the railroad notables were mentioned by name in print. And almost always, these descriptions include markers of class and respectability, such as the styling of Hannah Strobridge as “Mrs. 1 Writers might occasionally note nameless “camp followers” and laundresses or list the individual wives accompanying specific businessmen or engineers, such as the Central Pacific’s Mrs. Based on the current written histories, women appear to have participated in the creation of the railroad to a very limited degree, at least through Utah.
The first transcontinental railroad in the United States was built by the Central Pacific (CP) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads between 18.
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