Kendra Gage (History) will receive a scholarship from the Southwest Region of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America () this month during a ceremony at the history department. Gage, a doctoral student studying American history, has written "The Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement in California's Delta, 1940-1988." It preserves the stories of women who made huge sacrifices so that future generations could have a better life. For those women, the California Delta represented a promised land for many and, when it fell short of its promises, people worked to make their own "California dream." Jeri Crawford, Nevada president of the newly formed Nevada Society of NSCDA, and David Tanenhaus, department chair, will preside over the ceremony. NSCDA was founded in 1891 and is a national leader in the fields of historic preservation, education, and patriotic service.
