xi, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Angel of the Pecos / Eve Ball -- Bride Who Went West / Barbara Ketcham -- Transplanted Britisher / Peggy Simpson Curry -- Three Wishes / Nellie Snyder Yost -- Heroine of Honey Creek / Lyle Bruere and Ruth Van Ackeren -- Lure of Gold / Carolyn Niethammer -- Good Old Gal / Mary'n Rosson -- Polly Pry / Mary Lou Pence -- Mother Joseph / Lucile McDonald -- Pioneer Doctor / Judy Alter -- Dame Shirley / Reba Cunningham and Jeanne Williams -- Beloved Healer / Judy Skalla -- Medicine Woman / Jan Barnhart and Carol Cohea-O'Hearn -- Horse Trader / Joyce Roach -- Great Western / Nancy Hamilton -- Justice of the Peace / Mae Urbanek -- Reformer / Pamela Herr -- From Rags to Riches / Roberta Cheney.
Summary
Retold are the stories of eighteen women who helped shape the West, where they worked as doctors and reporters, started farms and families, wrote and rode, made their fortunes, and staked claims in the gold fields.