Then there were the Harvey Girls. I didn't know about them until we happened on a movie from 1946 with Judy garland in it, the other night. Didn't watch it all, but saw that the producers thanked the Harvey Company for aid in making the movie about young women of good moral character recruited to work as waittresses in a series of restaurants at railroad stops across the West SouthWest.

The movie itself was remarkable, though cheesy, in that it was fun to see Angela Lansbury acting the dance-hall diva as opposed to the pure maidens of Harvey Company. She was quite the looker and hid her English accent really well!