Westering Women and the Frontier Experience, 1800-1915

by Sandra L. Myres

Book Overview

In this book frontier women gain a voice they never had. Professor Myres uses extensive new material by and about women-- letters, journals, and reminiscences from over 400 collections-- to study the impact of the frontier on women's lives and the role of women in the West.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082630625X
• ISBN13: 9780826306258
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.