women pioneers

Examines the various roles of women in the Old West, describing the living conditions and opportunities available to those women who broke the stereotypical picture of the tired settler's wife.

Presents the firsthand accounts of eight women who traveled the overland trails to the unsettled west in the nineteenth century by covered wagon.

Examines the contributions women have made in shaping the American frontier from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries and studies the significant roles they played in the early political and social development of the nation.

A play including twenty-one songs which weaves the interrelated stories of the lives of pioneer women of different ages and in different circumstances together to present a total picture of the dignity and steadfastness of women on the frontier.

Presents a brief biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, discussing her family and their lives as pioneers, her marriage to Almanzo, their move to Rocky Ridge Farm, and Laura's career as a writer.

Describes the lives, marriages, and work of women of the western frontier.

Presents examples of women who helped to shape the Western frontier in such diverse roles as schoolteacher, missionary, justice of the peace, and homesteader.

Relates how a series of letters, written by a woman known as Dame Shirley and published in a San Francisco magazine in 1854 and 1855, were instrumental in inciting the California gold rush.

Traces the history of African American women on the western frontier in their roles as abolitionists, educators, pioneers, and mail-order brides.

Recounts the experiences of women settling in the mining and farming communities of the Colorado Territory, focusing on how the women used quilts to record the experiences of their journey.