Frontier women
Subtitle: "civilizing" the West? 1840-1880
By: Julie Roy Jeffrey.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Women -- West (U.S.) -- History.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Description: Frontier Women is the classic history of women on America's frontiers, now updated and thoroughly revised. It is an imaginative and graceful account of the extraordinarily diverse contributions of women to continental expansion. In this new edition, Julie Roy Jeffrey has tapped new sources and expanded her analysis to include the often overlooked perspectives of women of color.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-267) and index.