Women in California History and the Old West

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Women in California History and the Old West

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Unbound Voices: A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco
by Judy Yung, 1999
$19.95

Unbound Voices brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a fascinating, intimate collection of documents--letters, essays, poems, autobiographies, speeches, testimonials, and oral histories--detailing half a century of their lives in America. Together, these sources provide a captivating mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making a home for themselves and their families in San Francisco from the Gold Rush years through World War II.

Gold Rush Women
by Claire Rudolf Murphy, Jane G. Haigh (Contributor), 1997
$16.95 (less discount)

Seven to ten percent of the Alaskan gold rush were women. Yet, their stories have remained virtually buried in family trunks, old newspapers, and museum archives. Gold Rush Women is a photo-rich compilation of the stories of twenty-five women. These women were of all ages, physiques, talents, and upbringings. Their one universal quality was the seeking of adventure, the desire to escape the economic doldrums of the United States in an age that constrained women and kept them financially dependent. They yearned for broader lives and independent financial security. Kate Carmack is reputed to have made the first gold discovery on the Klondike River; Ethel Berry mined gold along side her husband Clarence and became on of the first Northern gold rush millionaires. Whether miners, madams or merchants, each has made her unique contributions. -- Midwest Book Review

Covered Wagon Women : Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 1852 : The California Trail
by Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor), Glenda Riley, 1997
$13.00 (less discount)

The fourth volume in a well-edited series of letters, memoirs, and diaries, this collection takes in recollections by six pioneer women who traveled the California Trail in 1852. These documents give a firsthand view of just what it was like to cross the continent in buckboard and prairie schooner, and to face the hardships of weather, starvation, and occasional Indian or bandit attack. We find fascinating glimpses of historical figures like the trapper Jim Bridger, who had, writes Marriett Foster Cummings, "stock in abundance, and gold without end, and yet is much of a gentleman but lives like a hog." Such material is of great use to students of women's contributions to Western history.

	Unbound Voices: A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco by Judy Yung, 1999 $19.95
Unbound Voices brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a fascinating, intimate collection of documents--letters, essays, poems, autobiographies, speeches, testimonials, and oral histories--detailing half a century of their lives in America. Together, these sources provide a captivating mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making a home for themselves and their families in San Francisco from the Gold Rush years through World War II.
	Gold Rush Women by Claire Rudolf Murphy, Jane G. Haigh (Contributor), 1997 $16.95 (less discount)
Seven to ten percent of the Alaskan gold rush were women. Yet, their stories have remained virtually buried in family trunks, old newspapers, and museum archives. Gold Rush Women is a photo-rich compilation of the stories of twenty-five women. These women were of all ages, physiques, talents, and upbringings. Their one universal quality was the seeking of adventure, the desire to escape the economic doldrums of the United States in an age that constrained women and kept them financially dependent. They yearned for broader lives and independent financial security. Kate Carmack is reputed to have made the first gold discovery on the Klondike River; Ethel Berry mined gold along side her husband Clarence and became on of the first Northern gold rush millionaires. Whether miners, madams or merchants, each has made her unique contributions. -- Midwest Book Review
	Covered Wagon Women : Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 1852 : The California Trail by Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor), Glenda Riley, 1997 $13.00 (less discount)
The fourth volume in a well-edited series of letters, memoirs, and diaries, this collection takes in recollections by six pioneer women who traveled the California Trail in 1852. These documents give a firsthand view of just what it was like to cross the continent in buckboard and prairie schooner, and to face the hardships of weather, starvation, and occasional Indian or bandit attack. We find fascinating glimpses of historical figures like the trapper Jim Bridger, who had, writes Marriett Foster Cummings, "stock in abundance, and gold without end, and yet is much of a gentleman but lives like a hog." Such material is of great use to students of women's contributions to Western history.

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