Women Of The Wild West (A&E Biography) - Softcover

Krohn, Katherine

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9780822596905: Women Of The Wild West (A&E Biography)

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ISBN 10: 0822596903 ISBN 13: 9780822596905

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group, 2001

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Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of six famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Molly Brown, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Annie Oakley.

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THE FORGOTTEN ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE SETTLING OF THE WEST Calamity Jane, Molly Brown, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart. Annie Oakley - these five women are all considered rebels of their day. As unconventional heroines of the American Wild West in the 1800s, they defied stereotypes that women should marry and have children, wear dresses, and follow strict codes of behaviour. But the frontier was home to countless other strong-willed women, such as Laura Ingalls Wilder, who farmed the land, built houses, and hunted for food. Over time, they pioneered the way for women into new kinds of territory - they entered professions and fought for the legal right to vote and to own property. In this inspiring history of the settling of the Wild West, Katherine Krohn pays tribute to the adventurous spirit of the women involved, providing a broad range of female perspectives including pioneer and Native American.

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