Immigrant women in the settlement of Missouri
By: Robyn Burnett and Ken Luebbering.
Contributors: Luebbering, Ken, 1946-
Series: Missouri heritage readers
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Women pioneers -- Missouri -- History.; Women immigrants -- Missouri -- History.; Women pioneers -- Missouri -- Biography.; Women immigrants -- Missouri -- Biography.; Pioneers -- Missouri -- History.; Immigrants -- Missouri -- History.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri.; Missouri -- Social life and customs.; Missouri -- Biography.; Missouri -- Social life and customs -- Sources.
Genres: Biography.; Sources.
Description: "Focuses on the lives of immigrant women in Missouri from the colonial period to the Civil War to industrialization. Draws heavily on the diaries, letters, and memoirs of immigrant women from many social classes and ethnic backgrounds and contains photographs and narratives relating to immigrant life"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.