page_title: Caroline Nichols Churchill
section_title: Travel writing (1869 – 1879)
hierarchical_section_title: Caroline Nichols Churchill / Travel writing (1869 – 1879)
caption_attribution_description: English: cover page from the book
context_page_description: Caroline Nichols Churchill was a Canadian-born writer and newspaper editor in the United States, best known as the editor of the Queen Bee, a feminist publication prominent during the Colorado Suffrage movement. As a travel writer and editor, Churchill aimed to promote female independence in the post Civil War West, culminating ultimately in the right to vote in the state of Colorado. Her publications Over the Purple Hills, Over the Evergreen Hills, and Little Sheaves detailed the growth of California as well as her experiences in Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory and later Colorado. In 1988, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.
context_section_description: In 1869, Churchill left her daughter with her sister to seek a profession as a travel writer. Her writings from this period covered travels in Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and especially California. For Churchill, this profession allowed her to make a cultural contribution to a mainly male-dominated literary world.
caption: Title page of Churchill's 1884 essay collection
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