Lizzie Williams: A Black Entrepreneur in 1870s Bozeman

Celebrate women’s history month with a presentation from the Extreme History Project. Crystal Alegria, director of the Extreme History Project introduces us to one of Bozeman’s early woman entrepreneurs. With the end of the Civil War in 1865, Black Americans migrated West in hope of a better life and opportunity. We will explore the life of Lizzie Williams, A Black business woman who sought refuge in Bozeman. She died in 1875 leaving her last Will and Testament which gives us a rare glimpse of early Bozeman through the lens of an African American woman. The Extreme History Project is a Bozeman nonprofit organization whose mission is to make history relevant.