women pioneers

A collection of seventeen poems describing the experience of traveling west during the 1800s, as seen through the eyes of pioneer women.

Traces the history of women's experiences in the California gold rush. Includes letters, journals, and memoirs.

A collection of letters and articles written by Caroline Henderson between 1908 and 1966 which provide insight into her life in the Great Plains, featuring both published materials and private correspondence. Includes a biographical profile, chapter introductions, and annotations.

These accounts of the daily lives of Kansas pioneer women are selected from 800 memoirs collected by the author's great-grandmother.

Presents a short biography of nineteenth-century storyteller and early pioneer in Canada, Catharine Parr Traill, and chronicles her childhood in England, early writings, immigration to Canada, and life in the Ontario wilderness.

Describes the lives of some women who became known during the western expansion in nineteenth century America.

Rhyming verse chronicles the life of Charley Parkhurst, an orphan who grew up to become a legendary stagecoach driver, and whose death revealed a surprising secret.

Offers the writings and recollections of thirteen Anglo women who traveled to the American West in the 1840s, taken from their letters and diaries, and reflecting the political, social, and economic forces of the era.