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Women’s Voices Matter

Women of Wyoming: Then & Now is actively preserving and celebrating the voices of the everyday woman who has made a remarkable impact on the way Wyoming’s history is to be understood. Ultimately, the hosts of this web-based production want the next generation of viewers to feel that history is:

Exciting and Relatable
Worth Preserving
Happening Right Now

The team at WOW believes that the specific experiences, perspectives, and voices of women who make and witness history MATTERS and should be intentionally and responsibly recorded.

I believe women should be able to tell their own stories without a first pass through the filter of a man. It’s as simple as that. We need more women to protect the interpretations of those before us and to continue holding our seat at the table. I look forward to the official launch in 2023!
Janelle Molony, Women of Wyoming Program Director (2022)

Meet The Hosts

Janelle Molony, M.S.L., WoW Program Director, member of Western Writers of America, 1864 Overland-California trail diary historian, and contributor to the Annals of Wyoming. Her research has been published in numerous academic journals, newspapers, and other trade publications.

Leslie Waggener, Faculty Archivist at the American Heritage Center (AHC) at the University of Wyoming and former President of the Wyoming Historical Society. Leslie has worked with all types of historical materials in areas of reference, processing, and acquisition. She holds a BA in Anthropology and Archeological Studies and an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin. She specifically manages the Alan K. Simpson Institute of Western Politics and Leadership collection at the AHC. (The Simpson Institute focuses on the acquisition, preservation, and research use of the papers of prominent individuals, businesses, and organizations that have provided leadership – political, economic, social, and cultural – for Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain West.)

Linda Fabian, Former Executive Director of the Wyoming Historical Society and native Wyomingite. In earlier years, she was the Chief Public Information Officer for the Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources and credits that 20-year experience with developing her love of Wyoming’s history. She has co-authored three books: Douglas, Cheyenne Frontier Days, and the Wyoming State Capitol Building.