women pioneers

Presents the life of colorful Wild West frontierswoman Martha Jane Cannary, known as Calamity Jane.

"Women played an essential role in the development of the West ... [This book] takes a look at the daring, inventive, and determined women that helped shape the nation"--Provided by publisher.

Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend.

Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) began recording her experiences in the backwoods of the Mississippi Delta. The result is this astonishing first-person account of a pioneer woman who braved grueling work, profound tragedy, and a pitiless wilderness (she and her family faced floods, tornadoes, fires, bears, panthers, and snakes) to protect her home in the early American South.

Learn about how women helped shape the American West.

Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend.

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