More than 140 period photographs and excerpts from letters, diaries, books, and journals provide insight into daily life in the American West for women in the n

A 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

Contains biographies of the following Western women: Jessie Benton Fremont--Abigail Scott Duniway--Sarah Winnemucca--Fanny Stenhouse--Ann Eliza Young--Belle Sta

The storybook history of the American West is a male-dominated narrative of drifters, dreamers, hucksters, and heroes—a tale that relegates women, assuming th