LEADER 00000cam 2200745Mi 4500 001 ocn823723859 003 OCoLC 005 20160518074826.9 006 m o d 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 130109s2013 ilu job 001 0 eng d 019 847550162 020 9781883052980|q(electronic bk.) 020 188305298X|q(electronic bk.) 020 9781613740002|q(electronic bk.) 020 161374000X|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)823723859|z(OCoLC)847550162 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dOCLCQ|dN$T|dTEFOD|dVALIL|dYDXCP |dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dDEBSZ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dCNTRP|dIDEBK |dTEFOD|dOCLCQ|erda 043 n-usp-- 049 GTKE 050 4 HQ1233 082 04 305.4092278 100 1 Miller, Brandon Marie. 245 10 Women of the Frontier :|b16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousers. 264 1 Chicago :|bChicago Review Press,|c2013. 300 1 online resource (258 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Women of Action 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Front Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Author's Note; 1 Many a Weary Mile; Margret Reed: Surviving Starvation in the Sierra Nevada; Amelia Stewart Knight: On the Oregon Trail; 2 Oh, Give Me a Home; Narcissa Whitman: Alone, in the Thick Darkness of Heathendom; Miriam Davis Colt: An Experiment in Kansas; Frances Grummond: Army Wife in Wyoming; 3 A Wom an That Can Work; Luzena Stanley Wilson: California Gold Fever; Clara Brown: African American Pioneer; Bethenia Owens-Adair: Female Physician; 4 A nd Now the Fun Begins; Martha Dartt Maxwell: Colorado Naturalist. 505 8 Charlotte "Lotta" Crabtree: "Golden Wonder" of the Stage5 Great Expect ations for the Future; Mary Elizabeth Lease: Political Firebrand; Carry Nation: "Hatchetation" Against the Devil's Brew; 6 Clash of Cultures; Rachel Parker Plummer and Cynthia Ann Parker: T he Captive and the "White Squaw"; Sarah Winnemucca: Life Among the Paiutes; Susette La Flesche: "An Indian Is a Person"; 7 Love Song to the West; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover. 520 In 1849 Luzena Wilson set out for California in a covered wagon with her husband and two little boys, hungry to join the tide of gold seekers. Like thousands of others, Luzena undertook the nearly 2,000 mile journey to an unknown land, where she'd rise from flood and fire, a survivor of the wild frontier. From months on the trail to life in a sod hut, western women adapted to their new lives and found beauty in the rugged, often dangerous landscape. They helped tame the W. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Women pioneers|zWest (U.S.)|xHistory|vBiography. 650 1 Women pioneers|xHistory. 650 4 West (U.S.)|xHistory|vBiography|vJuvenile literature. 650 4 Feminism. 650 4 Women|xPsychology. 650 4 Women|xSocial conditions. 650 4 Women pioneers|zWest (U.S.)|xHistory|vBiography|vJuvenile literature. 650 7 JUVENILE NONFICTION|xGirls & Women.|2bisacsh 650 7 JUVENILE NONFICTION|zUnited States|xHistory|xGeneral. |2bisacsh 650 7 Women pioneers.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01178307 651 0 West (U.S.)|xHistory|vBiography. 651 7 United States, West.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01243255 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMiller, Brandon Marie.|tWomen of the Frontier : 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousers.|dChicago : Chicago Review Press, ©2013|z9781883052973 830 0 Women of Action. 914 ocn823723859 994 93|bGTK
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