Gold Rush Women
Title | Gold Rush Women PDF eBook |
Author | Claire Rudolf Murphy |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 127 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780962753053 |
This book gathers the riveting stories of adventurous women -- miners, madams, merchants, and mothers -- who went North during the gold rush era.
They Saw the Elephant
Title | They Saw the Elephant PDF eBook |
Author | JoAnn Levy |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2013-07-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0806189959 |
"The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy’s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice "One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"ˆ–San Francisco Chronicle
California Women and Politics
Title | California Women and Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Robert W. Cherny |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 425 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0803236085 |
An edited volume exploring the role women played in California politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Rebel Women of the Gold Rush
Title | Rebel Women of the Gold Rush PDF eBook |
Author | Rich Mole |
Publisher | Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 2010-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781894974769 |
During the frenzied Klondike Gold Rush, many daring women ventured north to seek riches and adventure or to escape a troubled past. These unforgettable, strong-willed women defied the social conventions of the time and endured heartbreak and horrific conditions to build a life in the wild North. At the height of the gold rush, Martha Purdy, Nellie Cashman, Ethel Berry and a few hundred other women were conquering what came to be called the Trail of '98--a route that proved to be an impossible ordeal for many men. From renowned reporter Faith Fenton and successful entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney to Mae Field, "The Doll of Dawson," and other "citizens of the demimonde," the Klondike's rebel women bring an intriguing new perspective to gold-rush history.
Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush
Title | Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush PDF eBook |
Author | Lael Morgan |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Morgan offers an authentic and deliciously humorous account of the prostitutes and other "disreputable" women who were the earliest female pioneers of the Far North.
Women of the Klondike
Title | Women of the Klondike PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Backhouse |
Publisher | Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Gold miners |
ISBN |
Here are the stories of those fascinatingly diverse women -- entrepreneurs, domestics, nuns, doctors, nurses, and journalists -- who played a critical role in the Klondike gold rush at the turn of the century.
Gold Rush Women
Title | Gold Rush Women PDF eBook |
Author | Claire Rudolf Murphy |
Publisher | Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books |
Total Pages | 130 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780882404844 |
Read about the daring women of the Yukon during the gold rushes between the 1880s and early 1900s, and learn about the unique contributions each woman made.