If you want something done, just ask a busy person. Paula Egan Wright’s busy, but no asking’s required. When she sees things that need to be done, she does them. If she doesn’t know how, she learns.

About 100 years ago, Cheyenne people began promising to be real-estate racists. Restrictive covenants galore spread onto many lots, and they remain today. Cheyenne deepened this realty racism in the ...