The Mercer Girls or Mercer Maids were women who chose to move from the east coast of the United States to the Seattle area in the 1860s at the invitation of Asa Mercer. Mercer, an American who lived in Seattle, wanted to "import" women to the Pacific Northwest to balance the gender ratio.[1] The women were drawn by the prospect of moving to a boomtown with a surplus of bachelors.[2] These events formed the basis of the television series Here Come the Brides.[3]
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The MercerGirls or Mercer Maids were women who chose to move from the east coast of the United States to the Seattle area in the 1860s at the invitation...
the University of Washington, the MercerGirls, and the Johnson County War. Mercer Island in Lake Washington and Mercer Street in Seattle are named not...
Gaieties in 1930. Mercer met his future wife at the show, chorus girl Ginger Meehan. She had earlier been one of the many chorus girls pursued by the young...
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in pioneer Seattle in the 1860s. Despite the expectation that these "MercerGirls" would marry, Ordway remained single and became a successful teacher...
times, the facility was also known as the Mercer Complex, Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Females, and Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for Females. Located...
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their shoes. Mercer would punish girls by cutting their hair, and force boys to wear girls’ clothing. There was also evidence that Mercer sexually abused...
Western series Here Come the Brides. The plot was loosely based on the MercerGirls, women who moved from the East Coast of the United States to Seattle...
alcoholic. Minnie then raised the girls alone. As a young woman, Lucy Mercer worked in a dress shop. In 1914, Mercer was hired by Eleanor Roosevelt to...
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illustrator for Seattle Star; teacher at Art Students League Asa Mercer – man behind the MercerGirls, a model for the TV series Here Come the Brides Robert Moran...
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southern Sumatra.[citation needed] Asa Mercer travels from Seattle to the U.S. East Coast, and recruits 11 MercerGirls, potential wives for men on the West...
the last person to be publicly executed by guillotine in France in 1939. Mercer, Jeremy (2008). When the Guillotine Fell: The Bloody Beginning and Horrifying...
2015, at the UCC campus near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Chris Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old student who was enrolled at the school, fatally shot an assistant...
Mercer Island High School (MIHS) is a public high school located in Mercer Island, Washington, United States, as part of the Mercer Island School District...
Beryl Mercer (August 13, 1882 – July 28, 1939) was a Spanish-born American actress of stage and screen who was based in the United States. Beryl Mercer was...
August 31, 1978. At the time of the murder, Mercer had a charge pending against him of raping a 17-year-old girl. He was executed at the age of 44 by the...
television western set in 1864 and inspired by the actual MercerGirls project started by Asa Mercer to bring women from the eastern United States to the Pacific...
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