Author: HENSLEY, MARCIA MEREDITH
Title: Staking Her Claim: Women Homesteading the West
Description: Glendo, Wyoming: High Plains Press, 2008. First Edition. Sixth Printing; Softcover. ISBN: 0931271908. B & W & Maps; 6 X 9"; 303 pages; Soft cover has white spine with black lettering. Faint rubbing to covers. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w pictures and a map. 'Instead of talking about women's rights, these frontier women grabbed the opportunity to become landowners by homesteading in the still wild west of the early 1900s. Here they tell their stories in their own words -- through letters and articles of the time -- of adventure, independence, foolhardiness, failure, success, and freedom.' Notes; bibliogaphy; index.. Fine .

Keywords: 0931271908 Biography; Women's History; Women Pioneers; Frontier History; Frontier Life; Cultural History; Social History; Social Life and Customs; Gender Roles; Women/Womens' History Medicine/Health/Health Care Cultural History Education American History