The Women's West

Susan And Elizabeth Jameson Armitage [Edited And With Introductions By]

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Review copy with the review slip laid-in. Cloth, titles stamped in copper colored gilt on the spine, xi [blank], 323 pp., acknowledgments, editor's introduction, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, chapter endnotes, the contributors, index. A collection of 21 separate articles presents a multidimensional portrait of western women who were not passive participants in their husbands' ventures. They were hardy seekers who came west, sometimes alone, in search of jobs, freedom, or land to homestead. They were political activists who worked tirelessly to win the right to vote and to hold political office. They adapted in practical ways to their own and their families’ economic and personal needs in a new environment. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 47588