(Hali Bernstein Saylor/Boulder City Review)
In honor of March’s Women’s History Month observance, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Silver State Chapter, have created a display showcasing Ida Browder in the rotunda at Boulder City Library. Browder received permission from the federal government to open a diner to feed those helping build the Hoover Dam. She also operated an informal bank for them and help persuade the Library of Congress to donate 3,000 books to create the city’s first library. She was the first woman voted onto the city’s school board and helped organized the American Legion auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars post.