Never before has there been such a detailed portrait of women's courage. Here are the stories of wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders and circuit riders. And their recollections of prairie fires, locust plagues, Indian raids, cowboy shootouts, blizzards and more. Photos.
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< BR> Contents< BR> < BR> Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. < BR> < BR> Foreword< BR> < BR> PART ONE< BR> < BR> 1. To the Stars Through the Wilderness: The Journey< BR> < BR> 2. Homes of Puncheon, Homes of Sod: The Settlement< BR> < BR> 3. Aprons and Plows: Daily Life on the Prairie< BR> < BR> PART TWO< BR> < BR> 4. Days of Valor: Fighting the Wild< BR> < BR> 5. Days of Darkness: Fighting the Elements< BR> < BR> 6. The Clashing of Cultures: Indians< BR> < BR> PART THREE< BR> < BR> 7. A Social People< BR> < BR> 8. A Prairie Childhood< BR> < BR> 9. Classrooms and Schoolmarms< BR> < BR> 10. The Frontier Church< BR> < BR> PART FOUR< BR> < BR> 11. The Frontier Town< BR> < BR> 12. The Cow Town< BR> < BR> 13. The Immigrant Community: Victoria< BR> < BR> PART FIVE< BR> < BR> 14. The Wounds of War< BR> < BR> 15. The Woman Crusaders: Temperance and Suffrage< BR> < BR> Appendix: Guide to the Lilla Day Monroe Collection of Pioneer Stories< BR> < BR> Bibliography< BR> < BR> Index
