The Souvenir of Western Women

The Souvenir of Western Women
Author: Mary Osborn Douthit
Publisher: Portland, Or. : Presses of Anderson & Duniway
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1905
Genre: Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN:

"A complex picture of the works and pioneer experiences of the women in the Pacific Northwest--the "old Oregon" country--from the time of woman's first appearance in these unexplored wilds to the present day. The purpose of this book is to record woman's part in working out the plan of our Western civilization; no other civilization, perhaps, bearing so conspicuously the imprint of her hand and brain"--Pref.

Western Women (Abridged, Annotated)

Western Women (Abridged, Annotated)
Author: Mary Osborne Douthit
Publisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
Total Pages: 225
Release:
Genre: History
ISBN:

"The purpose of this book is to record woman’s part in working out the plan of our Western civilization; no other civilization, perhaps, bearing so conspicuously the imprint of her hand and her brain." So wrote Mary Douthit, herself a pioneer woman. She continued: "In patience, courage, and endurance, woman proved man’s equal. In her ability to cope with strenuous conditions, she was again his recognized peer. In property rights woman enjoys far greater privileges here than in the older portions of our country. These Northwestern States are among the few in the nation that make the mother a legal custodian of her children, and entrust her with the property of minor heirs." Seldom will you find a book that brings so many personal stories of early western pioneers together in one volume. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927

Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927
Author: Nina Baym
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2012-08-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0252078845

Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927 recovers the names and works of hundreds of women who wrote about the American West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some of them long forgotten and others better known novelists, poets, memoirists, and historians such as Willa Cather and Mary Austin Holley. Nina Baym mined literary and cultural histories, anthologies, scholarly essays, catalogs, advertisements, and online resources to debunk critical assumptions that women did not publish about the West as much as they did about other regions. Elucidating a substantial body of nearly 650 books of all kinds by more than 300 writers, Baym reveals how the authors showed women making lives for themselves in the West, how they represented the diverse region, and how they represented themselves. Baym accounts for a wide range of genres and geographies, affirming that the literature of the West was always more than cowboy tales and dime novels. Nor did the West consist of a single landscape, as women living in the expanses of Texas saw a different world from that seen by women in gold rush California. Although many women writers of the American West accepted domestic agendas crucial to the development of families, farms, and businesses, they also found ways to be forceful agents of change, whether by taking on political positions, deriding male arrogance, or, as their voluminous published works show, speaking out when they were expected to be silent.

With Her Own Wings

With Her Own Wings
Author: Helen Krebs Smith
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1434477762

Documented, historically accurate narratives, and thumbnail sketches comprise this outstanding contribution to the study of Pioneer life in Oregon from the viewpoint of pioneer women.