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Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier | 
 enlarge | Authors: Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 274149
Media: Paperback
Edition: Oklahoma Paperbacks Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0806130547
Dewey Decimal Number: 978.0082
EAN: 9780806130545
ASIN: 0806130547
Publication Date: March 1998
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Condition: markings on a few pages
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Pioneer women October 11, 2007
Loved it - especially the photo's and of course the 'story' - makes it easier to understand what the people went thru just to have a home.
have always been interested in this period. Hubby and I are members of a western club - main period is 1875-1890, but knowing more about the whole period 1800 onwards helps to get the clothing and the attitude right.
looking for more books ...
bye for now
Jacqueline (alias Ruby)
Great read for anyone interested in the Oregon Trail or West September 22, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is nicely divided into different phases of western life, like traveling the trail, family, homelife, etc. The pictures are fantastic. It's a fast read and perfect for anyone interested in this time period. Higly recommended.
Pioneer Women July 9, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is very informative on the pioneer womens' behalf. It shows their hardships and their strengths. The fortitude and endurance these women had is amazing. The photos are excellent too.
 Informative and Interesting Reading June 3, 2002
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
Pioneer Women-The Lives of Women on the Frontier is a must for collectors of western lore-whether as used for reference or just for reading pleasure this book delves into little covered issues and answers the questions previously unmentioned regarding women on the frontier. From traveling west to every day life, from cooking to birth control, women domestic pioneers to women entrepreneurs; if you have a question about the lives of women in the 1800's this book probably has the answer in its pages.
A must read for women of all ages October 18, 2001
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
This book will open your eyes up to the way things were a century and a half ago. Back to the basics is an understatement. Imagine raising 8 children on a farm that you had to establish yourself because your husband and other family members perished on the trip west to get to an unknown territory far far away from immediate family? These women did it. They survived and thier children either a: lived and learned the life or b: died from illness or accidents. This is very graphic and very personable to the very core of many women's souls. Women who kept diaries on the Oregon Trail in 1850 and onwards. Women who were always "in the background" keeping the family fed, clothed, silent and schooled. Women are most definitly the most gentle and most strong of the sexes.. Why? Because they have a continuous human spirit and one that gets them through the toughest of times of all.
Please read this book and with that said.. the pictures in this book are a historian's dream!
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