One Woman's West
Author: Martha Gay Masterson
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPioneers -- Northwest, women pioneers.
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Outlasting the Trail
Author: Mary Barmeyer O'Brien
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2005-06-01
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0762751894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMary Rockwood Powers reluctantly left her comfortable life as a doctor's wife in Wisconsin in 1856, one of the many women whose destiny as a settler of the West was determined by her husband's wishes. Trading in her home for canvas roof and wheels, Mary, her husband, and their three children set out on the arduous trek westward to California. Shortly into their travels west, it became painfully obvious that Doctor Powers was simply not up to the task of making sure his family "outlasted the trail." Mary had to step in and become the head of the household with its canvas roof and wheels--leaving behind her ideals of femininity along with her beloved possessions. In Outlasting the Trail author Mary Barymeyer O'Brien uses the letters Mary Rockwood Powers wrote to her mother and sister back home as a stepping off point to further illuminate this remarkable woman's story. Based on the dramatic struggle a real family, this novel brings to life a fascinating slice of American history.
New Women in the Old West
Author: Winifred Gallagher
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2022-07-19
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0735223270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA riveting and previously untold history of the American West, as seen by the pioneering women who advocated for their rights amidst challenges of migration and settlement, and transformed the country in the process Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by adventure, opportunity, and the spirit of Manifest Destiny. These settlers soon realized that survival in a new society required women to compromise eastern sensibilities and take on some of their husbands’ responsibilities. At a time when women had very few legal or economic--much less political--rights, these women soon proved just as essential as men to westward expansion. During the mid-nineteenth century, the traditional domestic model of womanhood shifted to include public service, with the women of the West becoming town mothers who established schools, churches, and philanthropies, while also coproviding for their families. They claimed their own homesteads and graduated from new, free coeducational colleges that provided career alternatives to marriage. In 1869, the men of the Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote--partly to persuade more of them to move west--but with this victory in hand, western suffragists fought relentlessly until the rest of the region followed suit. By 1914 western women became the first American women to vote--a right still denied to women in every eastern state. In New Women in the Old West, Winifred Gallagher brings to life the riveting history of the little-known women--the White, Black, and Asian settlers, and the Native Americans and Hispanics they displaced--who played monumental roles in one of America's most transformative periods. Drawing on an extraordinary collection of research, Gallagher weaves together the striking legacy of the persistent individuals who not only created homes on weather-wracked prairies, but also played a vital, unrecognized role in the women's rights movement and forever redefined the "American woman."
The Women's West
Author: Susan Armitage
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780806120676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUses selections from diaries, public records, letters, interviews, and fiction to describe the experiences of women in the West, including Indians, servants, waitresses, prostitutes, and farmers
Women in the West
Author: Rachel Stuckey
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2015-07-15
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1499412045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost stories of the Wild West detail the successes and adventures of men, but this book gives a fresh woman’s perspective on life in the Wild West. Readers will love learning about the challenges and triumphs of these strong frontier women, from Annie Oakley to Calamity Jane. The book sheds light on women’s occupations, which included teachers, ranchers, gold miners, and even outlaws. Vivid visuals make the era come alive as engaging text helps readers gain an understanding of women’s roles. “Truth or Myth?” fact boxes give readers the real scoop on life for women in the West, while sidebars provide further opportunities to better explore the topic.
Women of the West
Author: Rick Steber
Publisher: Bonanza Publishing
Published:
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEarly-day women of the West are depicted in fading photographs: a gaunt, bonneted figure in a long dress walking beside a wagon, baby cradled in her arms, children scattered behind, a woman, looking older than her years, stirring lye soap over an open fire, a dancehall girl on stage, miners watching her every move.... Letters and diaries tell the details of these women's existence, the sorrow of being uprooted from family and friends, the yearning for companionship of other women, bearing children without the benefit of a doctor and trying to rear them in an uncivilized land. One turn-of-the-century, Western historian noted, 'With the coming of woman came also the graces of life, better social order and conditions, and increased regard for the amenities of life.' Eastern women were relegated to conduct themselves within strictly-established social boundaries. Western women were allowed more freedom to stretch their wings and explore the realm of their existence. And in the process they tamed the wild West.
The Montana Frontier
Author: Joyce Litz
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2004-04-15
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 082633122X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis true story of a Victorian-era young woman who follows her husband to a small town with the improbable name of Gilt Edge, Montana, will remind readers of Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose, the classic novel of a woman's life in the Mountain West. As a young girl, Lillian Weston, the author's grandmother, aspired to be a concert pianist. However, as a young woman in turn-of-the-century New York, she became a newspaper columnist. Her marriage to Frank Hazen took her west in 1899, ending her career as a newspaperwoman. She turned her writing skills to journals, diaries, stories, and poems, which traced her family's life on a frontier that was no longer unspoiled. The Hazens endured brutal winters and dry summers and endeavored to raise cattle and chickens by trial and error. Lillian was an assiduous diarist who included details of her turbulent marriage challenged by Frank's bad business deals. The details of birth control and child rearing, gambling and prostitution, education and health care are all part of this story, offering glimpses into everyday life that often go unreported in the larger story of western expansion.
Love and Danger on the Oregon Trail
Author: Allen Kelley
Publisher: Allen Kelley
Published:
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis epic story is full of intrigue, high drama, romance, danger, passion and love. It begins on a horse farm in Manassas VA, where there is a fierce civil war battle going on just over the hill. After her home is destroyed by cannon fire and her parents die, Martha, the protagonist, survives a brutal rape attempt. My hands tightened on the pitchfork. “You bastard! You don't touch me!” Overcome with rage, resentment, hurt, despair, and hate, I plunged the pitchfork at him again, going deep in his chest.” “Oh no, what have I done!” She decides to join up with a wagon train and head west to Oregon to find herself, and to hopefully reinvent herself. She is joined on the Oregon trail by six women who are running away from life threatening abusive situations. One by one, they join up with the wagon train headed for Oregon, the land of opportunity. Six enthralling stories unfold about courage, commitment and love. This has become a classical love story that surpasses the complexities and high emotions previously found only in immensely passionate epics such as “Gone with the Wind”.
Six Women West
Author: Wanda Reed
Publisher: Sedona Red Rock Publishing
Published: 2015-01-10
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780692372364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSix Women starts with a Civil War battle and turns into several almost unbelievable love stories. This Historical Novel takes place on the Oregon Trail in the 1860s. It has love, adventure, and dangerous situations that will keep one up reading all night. It is an engaging story that also shows the physical strength and resolve of 6 very strong, purposeful and fascinating women.Early on: Martha hears something in the horse-barn. The hired hand now turned abductor is crouched in a dark corner waiting for his prey. He lunges at her and tries to wrestle her to the floor. Seventeen-year-old Martha defends herself against the would be rapist with a pitchfork. "Get away from me you bastard!" She stabs at him. Terrified, Martha feels she must run away. Will the attacker follow her, or did he die? She outfits her grandfather's Conestoga wagon with a mule team and then must learn how to be a "mule skinner". She heads for Missouri to join a wagon train that will guide her along the Oregon trail. Along the way, she is joined by other women who have also experienced abuse. All of the women get to tell their incredible stories as they build friendships, trust, compassion, and learn how to love again. These six women prove to be tremendously courageous as they fight off Indians, find and kill fresh food, and keep their wagons upright crossing flooded rivers. At last, love finds these women and six of the most incredible love stories unfold. Even after Martha's mother tells her she is too ugly and too tall to attract a man, she comes up with the ultimate catch!
Six Women West
Author: Wanda Reed
Publisher:
Published: 2019-09-27
Total Pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9781532084447
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMartha's future seems secure at her parent's Virginia horse farm until the Confederate army imposters raid their farm and steal their horses. Later that very day, the North and South fire upon their home. Some called it Bull Run and others called it Manassas. We called a slaughter. This turned Martha's world upside down. After the second tragedy, Martha decides to follow her "Pa" dream of going west to Oregon. One by one, other women join her---women full of pluck and spirit as well as kindness and compassion in spite of their own difficult stories. There's never a dull moment along the trail as they overcome hardships together and show that they are far more capable than some of the men on the Wagon Train.
