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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Miller, Brandon Marie.     Subjects     Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.     Women pioneers -- Biography.     Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)     West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.     West (U.S.) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Miller, Brandon Marie.       by title:      Women of the frontie...       by call number:      978.033082 M647w     Search the Web     Miller, Brandon Marie.     Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.     Women pioneers -- Biography.     Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)     West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.     West (U.S.) -- Biography.       MARC Display

Women of the frontier : 16 tales of trailblazing homesteaders, entrepreneurs, and rabble-rousers / Brandon Marie Miller. by Miller, Brandon Marie. Chicago Review Press, c2013. Call #: 978.033082 M647w Subjects Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.   Women pioneers -- Biography.   Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)   West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.   West (U.S.) -- Biography. Series Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) ISBN:  9781883052973 (hardcover) 1883052971 (hardcover) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  ix, 246 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Many a weary mile. Margret Reed: surviving starvation in the Sierra Nevada ; Amelia Stewart Knight: on the Oregon trail -- 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 -- A woman that can work. Luzena Stanley Wilson: California gold fever ; Clara Brown: African American pioneer ; Bethenia Owens-Adair: female physician -- And now the fun begins. Martha Dartt Maxwell: Colorado naturalist ; Charlotte "Lotta" Crabtree: "Golden wonder" of the stage -- Great expectations for the future. Mary Elizabeth Lease: political firebrand ; Carry Nation: "Hachetation" against the devil's brew -- Clash of cultures. Rachel Parker Plummer and Cynthia Ann Parker: the captive and the "white squaw" ; Sarah Winnemucca: Life among the Paiutes ; Susette La Flesche: "an Indian is a person" -- Love song to the West. Summary:  Drawing on journal entries, letters, and song lyrics to evoke the courage and spirit of female pioneers, a collection of portraits traces the lives of such individuals as Amelia Stewart Knight, Miriam Colt, and Clara Brown. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Sackville Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 978.033082 M647w Ya Books Checked out Jul 12, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 978.033082 M647w Ya Books Checked out Jul 17, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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