Frontier grit : the unlikely true stories of daring pioneer women

Monson, Marianne 1975- (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781629722276 (hardbound : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1629722278 (hardbound : alk. paper)
Physical Description: x, 198 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Publisher: Salt Lake City, UT : Shadow Mountain, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.