Frontier grit
Subtitle: the unlikely true stories of daring pioneer women
By: Marianne Monson
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781629722276
Subjects: Women pioneers; Biography; History
Description: Monson shares the stories of twelve women who heard the call to settle the west and came from all points of the globe to begin their journey. As a slave, Clara watched helpless as her husband and children were sold, only to be reunited with her youngest daughter six decades later. Charlotte hid her gender to escape a life of poverty and became the greatest stagecoach driver that ever lived. A Native American, Gertrude fought to give her people a voice and to educate leaders about the ways and importance of America's native people. All endured hardships, overcame obstacles, and changed the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Aunt Clara Brown : a woman in a thousand; title: Charley Parkhurst : most celebrated stagecoach driver in the West; title: Luzena Stanley Wilson : ever-resourceful; title: Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton : the first Mexican-American novelist; title: Abigail Scott Duniway : Oregon Trail suffragette; title: Mother Jones : she could not be silenced; title: Nellie Cashman : gold rush "boomer"; title: Mary Hallock Foote : mining town author and illustrator; title: Martha Hughes Cannon : frontier doctor, state senator, women's rights activist; title: Zitkala-Sa : "Red Bird"; title: Donaldina Cameron : the most loved and feared woman in Chinatown; title: Makaopiopio : the spirit of Aloha.