| Description |
x, 198 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Nellie Cashman : gold rush "boomer" -- Aunt Clara Brown : a woman in a thousand -- Abigail Scott Duniway : Oregon Trail suffragette -- María Amparo Ruiz de Burton : first Mexican-American female novelist -- Luzena Stanley Wilson : frontier entreprenuer -- Mother Jones : she could not be silenced -- Zitkala-Sa : Dakota Sioux rights activist and writer -- Mary Hallock Foote : mining town author and illustrator -- Martha Hughes Cannon : frontier doctor and first female state senator -- Donaldina Cameron : the most loved and feared woman in Chinatown -- Charley Parkhurst : most celebrated stagecoach driver in the West -- Makaopiopio : the spirit of Aloha. |
| Summary |
Monson shares the stories of twelve women who heard the call to settle the west and came from all points of the globe to begin their journey. As a slave, Clara watched helpless as her husband and children were sold, only to be reunited with her youngest daughter six decades later. Charlotte hid her gender to escape a life of poverty and became the greatest stagecoach driver that ever lived. A Native American, Gertrude fought to give her people a voice and to educate leaders about the ways and importance of America's native people. All endured hardships, overcame obstacles, and changed the world. |
| Subject |
Women pioneers -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- 1865-1921 -- Biography.
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Women pioneers. (OCoLC)fst01178307
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1865-1921
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Monson, Marianne, 1975- author. Frontier grit. Salt Lake City, Utah : Shadow Mountain, [2016] 9781629734682 (DLC) 2016012793 |
| ISBN |
9781629722276 (hardbound ;) (alk. paper) |
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1629722278 (hardbound ;) (alk. paper) |
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