Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-268) and index.
Contents
Frontier justice -- Vermont childhood -- New York trials -- In print and in love -- Road to Worcester -- 'On the Responsibilities of Woman' -- Bloomers and trousers -- 'The World is on the Move' -- Winning Wisconsin -- Country divided -- Mush and molasses -- Life and death on the prairie -- Bleeding Kansas -- Quindaro -- Woman on a mission -- 'A Vast Army of Widows and Orphans' -- With liberty and suffrage for all -- 'Grant! Grant! Grant!' -- Third class to California -- 'The Heart of a Loving Woman'.
Awards
Willa Literary Award For Scholarly Nonfiction, 2007.
Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Award winner.
