Many Utahns look forward to -- or worry about -- a comfortable retirement. But having the financial security to leave paid work after a long career is a concept that is relatively modern.
In the mid-nineteen eighties, global pressure was mounting against the apartheid regime in South Africa. Learn how persistent student activists at the University of Utah forced their campus to confront its connections to an oppressive regime half a world away.
It may come as a surprise to learn that in late 19th-century Utah -- an era with great constraints on women's work -- that prostitution offered at least some women a path to a powerful career.
Meet Frank Chester Robertson, the famous Utah author who made his living writing popular Westerns that belied his own life of desperation on the Mormon frontier.
This week, learn how the most famous American theater actress of the early 20th?Century used gender-bending roles to push the early boundaries of a queer aesthetic.
Barred from lucrative work and hounded by local residents, it took years of discrimination against Chinese workers to erase their contributions to Park City.
Learn about E.A. Miller & Sons, a small family business started during the Great Depression, and how it grew to be part of the world's largest beef producer.
Meet AnnaBelle Weakley -- known as the "Queen of 25th Street" -- and learn how her entrepreneurial instinct and civic spirit transformed her Ogden community.
Utah sent thousands of infantrymen into World War I where they faced unimaginable conditions on the battlefield. But when the war ended, the battle continued at home, where returning soldiers faced a changing economy, uncertain job prospects, and a fight for benefits.
Meet Barney Flanagan and learn how it fell to him to keep corruption out of government-funded work-relief jobs in Utah during the early years of the Great Depression.
Imagine you are a fighter pilot needing to escape your plane when something goes wrong. Your life depends on the work of scientists who -- more than sixty years ago -- filled the Utah desert air with sonic booms and flying monkeys.
As Americans, we extol the value of an "honest living," but what about work that is less than honest? Butch Cassidy was a Utah boy with a penchant for wild living who paid his way using any means necessary.
Main streets throughout postwar Utah depended on conspicuous signage to entice passersby to stop and shop. Learn how one Utah company used eye-catching neon to meet that demand.
Have you ever noticed groves of mulberry trees in your neighborhood? These trees aren't native to Utah, but were planted to support a pioneer silk industry led by Mormon women and girls.
Learn how the 1924 construction of a little bridge in the middle of nowhere put southern Utah's people to work and opened the region's scenic wonders to the world.
From ancient times to today, the harvest and preparation of food has been tough work, especially in the arid deserts of the Great Basin. Learn how Paiute families did that work together in order to feed and foster their communities.
Have you ever seen a wildfire exploding up a mountain or heard one roaring through a forest? For Northern Ute Indian Firefighters, that was just another day at work.
You've seen her. She wears the red bandanna and a blue collared shirt, flexing her bicep with a look that says, "get to work." She's Rosie the Riveter, and Utah had an army of them.
Did you know that before Prohibition, Utah was home to fifteen breweries? Some were among the biggest and best in the West. Learn about Utah's early beer brewers and their specialized craft.
The reality of an eight-hour workday remains elusive for many Utah workers, but it is still considered the national standard, and one we take for granted. Learn how Utah became the first state to adopt the eight-hour workday.
Utah's romance with the movie industry began in the 1920s silent film era and hasn't diminished since. Nearly a thousand motion pictures and television series have filmed in Utah, bringing millions each year to the state. Learn how Hollywood first put Utah to work.
