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"A must-read for women of all ages.” “The photographs are a historian’s dream” Specially commended by the New York Public Library This ’patchword’ of women’s words and pictures captures the pioneer experience memorably and elegantly.... Like an heirloom quilt, this is a book to be treasured."--Susan Armitage, coeditor of The Women’s West and Writing The Range Pioneer Women provides a rare look at frontier life through the eyes of the women who settled the West. Their hopes, fears and courage in the face of adversity are revealed in excerpts from journals, letters and oral histories. Illustrated with a collection of seldom-seen photographs, Pioneer Women reveals the faces as well as the voices of the frontier’s women. Historians Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith have co-authored numerous books and articles on women in the American West. A preview can be seen of the University of Oklahoma Press paperback edition on its page on their site. First published in 1996, this title has remained continuously in print since, through several editions. The University of Oklahoma paperback edition was first published in 1998. |
