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Women of the Frontier: 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousers (Women of Action)
Author: Miller, Brandon Marie
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Time Period: Industrial Age
Time Frame: 1841–1868
Geographic Area: North America
Country: United States
Topics: Westward Expansion, Prairie Life
Genre: Non Fiction, Biography
Reading Age: Young Adult, Adult
Format: Book
Published: 2013
Women of Action series
1) Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II
2) Women of the Frontier: 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousers
3) Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys
4) Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent
5) Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers
6) Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures
7) A World of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers
8) The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
9) Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue
10) She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World
11) Women of Colonial America: 13 Stories of Courage and Survival in the New World
12) Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe"
13) Women in Blue: 16 Brave Officers, Forensics Experts, Police Chiefs, and More
14) Women Heroes of World War II―the Pacific Theater: 15 Stories of Resistance, Rescue, Sabotage, and Survival
15) Seized by the Sun: The Life and Disappearance of World War II Pilot Gertrude Tompkins
16) Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors, and More
17) This Noble Woman: Myrtilla Miner and Her Fight to Establish a School for African American Girls in the Slaveholding South
18) Women Heroes of the US Army: Remarkable Soldiers from the American Revolution to Today
19) Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics
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American History > Industrial Age
Using journal entries, letters home, and song lyrics, the women of the West speak for themselves in these tales of courage, enduring spirit, and adventure. Women such as Amelia Stewart Knight traveling on the Oregon Trail, homesteader Miriam Colt, entrepreneur Clara Brown, army wife Frances Grummond, actress Adah Isaacs Menken, naturalist Martha Maxwell, missionary Narcissa Whitman, and political activist Mary Lease are introduced to readers through their harrowing stories of journeying across the plains and mountains to unknown land. Recounting the impact pioneers had on those who were already living in the region as well as how they adapted to their new lives and the rugged, often dangerous landscape, this exploration also offers resources for further study and reveals how these influential women tamed the Wild West.
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