Trailblazers: Twenty Great Western Women

by Karen Surina Mulford

From Sacagawea to Dorothea Lange to Sandra Day O'Connor, these twenty remarkable women followed their dreams, challenged convention, and created new opportunities for American Women--yesterday and today. Organized chronologically from 1805 to the present, this inspirational book includes women from a variety of racial, religious, professional, and call background.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873587839
• ISBN13: 9780873587839
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Cooper Square Pub
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

"Be all you can be!"

These vibrant stories of such phenomenal women who Dared to be Different and accomplished such awesome feats against so much adversity will inspire you to reach higher goals, regardless of any obstacles of the times! These outstanding women are incredible to study and this book is an excellent volume of heroism and unique personalities! Kudos!

20 short stories about 20 amazing western women.

This is a great read about 20 remarkable western women of whom some you will know and others you will meet for the first time. From Sacagawea who accompanied Lewis & Clark, Georgia O'Keefe, a revolutionary in the art world to Sandra Day O'Conner, the first woman on the Supreme Court Justice, these snapshots demonstrate the tenacity and inspiration that guided these women to design their own lives. An excellent read that will inspire you to look deeper into the lives of these amazing women who helped shape the American West.

Amazing Women

A great book for learning more about women who made a difference in the frontier and later days of the West. Some subjects were familiar to me while others were completely new. The author organizes her information in a easily read, informative manner. Each subject was well researched.A good read!!

great gift idea for women

Trailblazers-Twenty Amazing Western Women was a fantastic book which I have already given to several friends, who are or have gone through some "rough times" in their own lives, and have thanked me for this book as it is inspirational and a comfort.I hope it will be used in schools for teen-age girls, and in classes all over for women who seem to need stories of other women and what all they have been through and gotten through.I would highly recommend this book and plan to give it to others for Christmas presents too. It is nice to have a story to read every night before going to bed, or if you just have a few minutes to devote to a story. Highly enlightening. I loved it!

Trailblazers:Twenty Amazing Western Women,

This is a terrific look at women who have shaped our country's growth and direction but are always left out of those mythical History classes we have in school. There are some familiar names as well as the names of aviation pioneers and other modern unsung heroines. Each chapter is a delightful short story that has obviously been well researched. Worth the read for women and men, a must for every young girl.