Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier
by Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith
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Read in February, 2008
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Lex, Lynne
Picked this up on a trip to Arizona. I liked the idea of the book because our educational system is not set up to acknowledge women had any part of the formation of any society, but as women make up more than half the population of the humans on this planet, any reasonable person would know this to be simply impossible. This book is a good start for someone looking for an overview of the study of pioneer women. Its a coffee table book, so don't expect any sort of academic dissertations. It h...more
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Read in April, 2008
Again, I'm reading a bunch of stuff to get ready for a Laura Ingalls Wilder party I'm hosting at the library. Funny, but this book didn't produce quite as many warm-fuzzies as Wilder's prose and Garth Williams' illustrations always do. Still.
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Read in May, 2008
What I learned? Another name for cow pies: meadow muffins. (I love research! As you can tell by the number of books I'm about to add...)
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Read in June, 2008
Good general overview. Pictures were great. Will be investigating some of the women.
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