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Don and Bea Hawkins
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Winnemucca--Nevada
Quick Fact - Women Banned
1962 The City of Winnemucca in Nevada had an ordinance that prohibited women from working in a casino in which they had some ownership. Bea Hawkins, who with her husband Don, owned the Ferris Hotel…