Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780806130545)

"If only one book about women in the West were available, this certainly would be an appropriate choice."--Westerners Bookshelf

Pioneer Women provides a rare look at frontier life through the eyes of the pioneer women who settled the American West. Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith vividly describe the hardships such women endured journeying west and making homes and communities on the frontier. Their hopes and fears and, most of all, their courage in the face of adversity are revealed in excerpts from journals, letters, and oral histories. Illustrated with a fascinating collection of seldom-seen photographs, Pioneer Women reveals the faces as well as the voices of women who lived on the frontier.

The authors portray a wide variety of women, from those who found liberty and confidence in undertaking "men's work" to those who felt burdened by the wind, the weather, and the struggle of frontier life.

Author: Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith
ISBN-10: 0806130547
ISBN-13: 9780806130545
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Language: English
Published: 04/15/1998
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 11.08h x 8.60w x 0.44d

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 85 - Outstanding