Early-day women of the West are depicted in fading photographs: a gaunt, bonneted figure in a long dress walking beside a wagon, baby cradled in her arms, children scattered behind, a woman, looking... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This is a great book, well researched and beautifully written. Reading about these women didn't feel like reading a history book. Their stories rise to another level. I couldn't put the book down. A few of the women profiled are well known, but most of them have been ignored by the history books. However, they are all inspiring for what they accomplished in an era when women were second class citizens. They were writers, cattle ranchers, politicians, slaves, entrepreneurs. They were brave, tough, and resourceful. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the old west, in women's history, or American studies.
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