Maverick Women: 19th Century Women Who Kicked over the Traces

by Frances Laurence

Hardcover, 1998

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Manifest Pubns (1998), Edition: 1, 264 pages

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They were scholars, they were saints, they were sinners... They were determined.In a time when a woman's mind was kept as tightly laced as her corset, these females went against family, friends and convention to blaze trails for their sisters to come.Jane Barnes was the first white woman on the Oregon's wild shore-- Ina Coolbrith hid a mysterious past-- Maria Mitchell found her own comet-- Sojourner truth spoke to God-- Pearl Hart turned bandit-- Nellie Cashman was the miners' angel-- Mary Austen painted the West in words-- Nellie Bly circled the globe in 72 days-- Dame Shirley immortalized the '49ers-- Ann Eliza W. Young fled polygamy-- Carrie Chapman Catt won women the vote-- Bethenia Owens-Adair was Oregon's first female doctor-- The Three Charleys were women masquerading as men.… (more)

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A well written collection of biographies of 19th century women, mostly from the west, who were determined and self-reliant. This book captured my attention because it did not reiterate the same well-known women but instead women known in their time for various reasons. I started reading the

sections on women I didn't know and was pleasantly surprised at the depth of their accomplishments. The vignettes were well written and a bibliography was provided for each woman. I would recommend this work for a quick introduction to some fabulous women.

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