Plains Woman: The Diary of Martha Farnsworth, 1882–1922

Among the numerous diaries published recently as scholars probe women's history, Farnsworth's is a real find." --Sally Mitchell The publication now of books like Martha Farnsworth's has contributed to radical revisions of women's history and reassessment of women's skills as writers." --Elizabeth Hampsten ... superb edition of the diary of Kansas pioneer Martha Farnsworth... a fact-filled, revealing account of an extraordinary-but-ordinary woman... " --American Quarterly ... the inside story of a women's life in the middle of America... " --Bloomsbury Review A Kansas teacher, housewife, photographer, and suffragist, Martha Farnsworth compulsively recorded her life in middle America during a period of tremendous social and cultural change.