Bibliograph

Frontier grit, the unlikely true stories of daring pioneer women, Marianne Monson

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Frontier grit, the unlikely true stories of daring pioneer women, Marianne Monson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Frontier grit

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

944956251

Responsibility statement

Marianne Monson

Sub title

the unlikely true stories of daring pioneer women

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Aunt Clara Brown : a woman in a thousand -- Charley Parkhurst : most celebrated stagecoach driver in the West -- Luzena Stanley Wilson : ever-resourceful -- Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton : the first Mexican-American novelist -- Abigail Scott Duniway : Oregon Trail suffragette -- Mother Jones : she could not be silenced -- Nellie Cashman : gold rush "boomer" -- Mary Hallock Foote : mining town author and illustrator -- Martha Hughes Cannon : frontier doctor, state senator, women's rights activist -- Zitkala-Sa : "Red Bird" -- Donaldina Cameron : the most loved and feared woman in Chinatown -- Makaopiopio : the spirit of Aloha

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