Women of the Frontier: 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders, Entrepreneurs, and Rabble-Rousers
WOMEN of the FRONTIER 16 Tales of Trailblazing Homesteaders Entrepreneurs and Rabble Rousers Brandon Marie Miller CHICAGO REVIEW LS PRESS Page 4
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AUTHOR S NOTE As I researched this book I often wondered how I'd react to the conditions these frontier women dealt with At best'm afraid I would have complained a lot at worst I would have given up running back to Ohio if so much as a snake fell through the roof of my sod house But the women on these pages persevered Mar gret Reed and Rachel Plummer's stories haunted me The determination of Luzena Wilson and Dr Bethe nia Owens Adair humbled me The eloquence of Susette La Flesche's fight for Native American rights moved me And Carry Nation whom I prejudged as a prudish old Puritan made me laugh Most of the women here were not famous they led ordinary lives as daughters sisters wives and mothers Thousands more shared these same stories but left no written record and today are nameless and forgotten I pay tribute to every one of them Page 10
