Her first political interest was while attending Orvis Ring School in Reno where she passed out literature for the Reno mayor. When the family settled in Reno, she was ahead of her peers, and was able to graduate from Reno High School at age 14. Her early education was in various one-room schoolhouses in Nevada, which allowed her to advance at her own pace in her early school years. Picking up and moving throughout her childhood, she said, taught her independence, the ability to make friends quickly, and to be happy wherever she was.1 She reported that this life ultimately became wearing on her mother, and the family settled in Reno. Therefore, the Adams family moved around the state of Nevada frequently. The family would go and stay until the camp was running and then move on to other locations. Her father was hired to set up various facilities in mining camps for Wingfield, including hotels, commissaries, and bars. Her father worked for George Wingfield, the mining magnate. Mint, Assistant to Chairman of Mutual of OmahaĮva Adams was the daughter of Cora (Varble) and Verner Lauer Adams. Major Fields of Work: High school teacher and university professor, Office administrator for Senators Patrick McCarran, Ernest Brown, and Alan Bible, Director of U.S.
She taught several years in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada and lived and worked in Washington D.C. She lived in several mining camps in Nevada (Fairview, Buckhorn, Aurora, and Thompson) and also lived and attended schools in Reno. Primary City and County of Residence and Work: Race/Nationality/Ethnic Background: Caucasian Wonder, a mining camp in Churchill County, Nevada If the reader has access to information that can be documented and that will correct or add to this woman’s biographical information, please contact the Nevada Women’s History Project. The information below has been compiled from a variety of sources.
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