Wild women of the Old West
By: edited by Glenda Riley & Richard W. Etulain.
Contributors: Riley, Glenda, 1938-; Etulain, Richard W.
Series: Notable westerners
Publisher: Fulcrum Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Golden, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Women -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Baby Doe Tabor-the culture of beauty / Glenda Riley; title: Emily D. West (Morgan)-the Yellow Rose of Texas / Carmen Goldthwaite; title: Polly Bemis-lurid life or literary legend? / Priscilla Wegars; title: Mattie, Katie, and Ida-western women at risk / Anne M. Butler; title: Sadie Orchard-a hard-working woman / Glenda Riley; title: Lucille Mulhall-a true western cowgirl / Candy Moulton; title: Bertha Kaepernik Blancett-the woman who stayed aboard / M.J. Van Deventer; title: Cattle Kate-homesteader or cattle thief? / Lori Van Pelt; title: Calamity Jane-the making of a frontier legend; title: Richard W. Etulain.