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Westering women and the frontier experience, 1800-1915

Author: Sandra L Myres
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1982.
Series: Histories of the American frontier.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Myres, Sandra L.
Westering women and the frontier experience, 1800-1915.
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1982
(OCoLC)654484423
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Sandra L Myres
ISBN: 082630625X 9780826306258 0826306268 9780826306265
OCLC Number: 8389784
Description: xxii, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The madonna of the prairies and Calamity Jane: images of westering women --
The pleasing awfulness: women's views of wilderness --
"Land of savagery/land of promise": women's views of Indians --
The savage within: women, race, religion, and class on the frontier --
Westward ho! Women on the Overland Trails --
A new home --
who'll follow: women and frontier homemaking --
A pioneer's search for an ideal home: women, family, and community on the frontier --
Suffering for suffrage: women and the struggle for political, legal, and economic rights --
If all we did was to weep at home: women as frontier entrepreneurs.
Series Title: Histories of the American frontier.
Responsibility: Sandra L. Myres.

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