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Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1854-1860 (Covered Wagon Women)
Covered Wagon Women Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 18541860 - Covered Wagon Women
Author: Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor)
Some of the women traveling west in the late 1850s were strong advocates of equal rights for their sex. On the trail, Julia Archibald Holmes and Hannah Keziah Clapp sensibly wore the "freedom costume" called bloomers. In 1858 Holmes joined the Pikes Peak gold rush and was the first woman of record to climb the famous mountain. Educator...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780803272965
ISBN-10: 0803272960
Publication Date: 9/1/1998
Pages: 316
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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Book Type: Paperback
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