Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West (Women of the West) on + 1474 more book reviews
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Outstanding history of women in the American West, from the author of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee".
Nancy S. - , reviewed The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West (Women of the West) on + 63 more book reviews
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This is an excellent book with many stories of every imaginable character - from the gentle Eastern lady to the bar-room brawlers -- all of which went West to begin life anew. It is obvious that Dee Brown has done a lot of research, and he knows how to put together a very interesting read of many amusing stories as well as the serious and harsh effects the West had on women. If you like history at its best, you will enjoy this book.
Very interesting look at the women of the old west. Not something I would usually read but was pleasantly suprised by how much I enjoyed it.
Jacqueline D. (crittersitter19) -
Very good stories of the Women of the Old West---interesting and historical!
Thomas F. (hardtack) -
THis is a fascinating book, and anyone interested in the development of the American West should read it. In one chapter, Brown relates how women did all they could to find reading material, often ordering books from the East, which took months to arrive.
But all through the book Brown uses the personal experiences of the women to illustrate what effect they had on their communities. One aspect that was particularly interesting was the struggle to obtain voting rights for women. But it Wyoming it just seemed to happen naturally. A woman was elected as a Justice of the Peace in the 1860s. Brown also relates how Congress was really surprised in 1917, when it sat for a new session, to find a woman in the House of Representatives who represented Montana.
But all through the book Brown uses the personal experiences of the women to illustrate what effect they had on their communities. One aspect that was particularly interesting was the struggle to obtain voting rights for women. But it Wyoming it just seemed to happen naturally. A woman was elected as a Justice of the Peace in the 1860s. Brown also relates how Congress was really surprised in 1917, when it sat for a new session, to find a woman in the House of Representatives who represented Montana.
