Women of the West by Dorothy Gray (English) Paperback Book

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Starting with Sacajawea, the Shoshone guide for Lewis and Clark, this title gives an overview of pioneers: Narcissa Whitman, trailblazer to Oregon and missionary to the Indians; Esther Morris and Carrie Chapman Catt, leaders for women's suffrage; and Willa Cather, the writer to transmute the experience of western women into serious literature.

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The independent-minded western woman was often eclipsed in popular literature by sensations like Calamity Jane and Belle Starr. Dorothy Gray looks at the actual lives of women who made their own way out west. Starting with Sacajawea, the Shoshone guide for Lewis and Clark, Women of the West gives a historical overview of various pioneers: Narcissa Whitman, trailblazer to Oregon and missionary to the Indians; Esther Morris and Carrie Chapman Catt, leaders for women's suffrage; Susette "Bright Eyes" La Flesche, the first Indian woman to become a political advocate for her race; and Willa Cather, the first writer to transmute the experience of western women into serious literature.Women of the West is enriched by other portraits: Ann Eliza Young, Brigham Young's ninth wife, who divorced him and fought against polygamy; Bethenia Owens-Adair and Anna Howard Shaw, pacesetters in medicine and the ministry; Agnes Morley Cleaveland, author of the classic No Life for a Lady (also a Bison Book); Mary "Yellin" Lease, a populist who urged farmers to "raise less corn and more hell"; the black freedom fighter Biddy Mason; and Donaldina Cameron, scourge of the Chinese slave trade.

Author Biography

Dorothy Gray is the author, with Phyllis Butler, of Everywoman's Guide to Political Awareness. Introducer Paula Mitchell Marks, the author of Precious Dust: The Saga of the Western Gold Rushes (also a Bison Book), teaches history at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas.

Details ISBN0803270739 Author Paula Mitchell Marks Short Title WOMEN OF THE WEST Language English ISBN-10 0803270739 ISBN-13 9780803270732 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1998 Country of Publication United States Birth 1936 Pages 179 Imprint Bison Books Place of Publication Nebraska DOI 10.1604/9780803270732 UK Release Date 1998-09-01 AU Release Date 1998-09-01 NZ Release Date 1998-09-01 US Release Date 1998-09-01 Publisher University of Nebraska Press Publication Date 1998-09-01 DEWEY 978.0082 Illustrations Illus. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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