The Sewing Area

By the 1920s, 20% of all individuals in the labor force were women, including several who lived in the buildings here at the Square.

1. Clipping from the Arizona Republican newspaper in June 1917,  advertising Anna Haustgen’s dressmaking capabilities, at the address of Stevens House (owned at that time by Anna and her sister, Marguerite).
2. 1895 Phoenix City Directory listing of Maria Alvarez, a clerk at the Bee Hive Store. After she was married, Maria and her husband, Alejandro Silva, and later members of their family, owned the Square’s Silva House from 1906 until the city purchased the property from them in the 1970s.
3. 1903 Phoenix City Directory listing of Constance Stevens, a widow and clerk at The New York Store. Constance was the original owner of both the Stevens and Stevens-Haustgen Houses.
4. Clipping from the Arizona Republic newspaper on March 10, 1929, advertising the Baird Machine Shop (now Pizzeria Bianco), owned by Kathryn Baird and her son, Arthur.
5. Clipping from the Arizona Republican newspaper on September 29, 1912, with the newspaper’s full endorsement of women’s suffrage. At that time, the newspaper was owned by S.W. Higley, who also owned and lived at Rosson House at that time.
6. The Arizona voter registration record of Frankie Gammel, dated August 22, 1914. Her address is listed at Rosson House.
7. The Arizona voter registration record of Jessie Howe Higley, dated April 14, 1913. She was living at Rosson House at the time.