Extraordinary women of the American West / Judy Alter.

Author/creator Alter, Judy, 1938-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Children's Press, ©1999.
Description288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesExtraordinary people
Extraordinary people. ^A599893
Contents Narcissa Whitman -- Ester Morris -- Sacajawea -- Indian captives -- Sally Skull -- La Tules -- Years of adventure -- Mother Joseph -- Jessie Benton Fremont -- Molly Goodnight -- Carry Nation -- Elisabet Ney -- Sarah Winnemucca -- Mattie Castner -- Mary Fields -- Ann Eliza Webb Young -- Pretty Shield -- Abigail Scott Duniway -- Nellie Cashman -- Women on stage -- Mary Hallock Foote -- Outlaws -- Ella Knowles Haskell -- Army women -- New century -- Evelyn Cameron -- Georgia Arbuckle Fix -- Ingalls Wilder women -- Willa Cather -- May Arkwright Hutton -- Annie Oakley -- Lucille Mulhall --Miriam "Ma" Ferguson -- Jessie Daniel Ames -- Lillian Riggs -- Etta Place -- Edna Kahly Gladney -- Angie Debo -- Nancy Cooper Russell -- Georgia O'Keeffe -- Laura Gilpin -- Jeanette Rankin -- Maria Montoya Martinez -- Bessie Coleman -- Julia Morgan -- Tad Lucas -- Henriette Wyeth Hurd -- Mari Sandoz -- Into the present -- Lady Bird Johnson -- Hallie Crawford Stillwell -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias -- Dale Evans -- Helen Gahagan Douglas -- Oveta Culp Hobby -- Grace Halsell -- Maria Tallchief -- Patricia Schroeder -- Ellen Ochoa -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- Wilma Mankiller -- Charmayne James-Rodman -- Ann Richards -- Amy Tan -- Shannon Miller -- Barbara Jordan -- Susan Butcher.
Abstract Chronicles the exploits and achievements of more than fifty women in the past and present of America's West, including the guide and interpreter Sacajawea, journalist Jessie Benton Fremont, and author Willa Cather.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 274-275) and index.
LCCN 98005812
ISBN0516209744
ISBN9780516209746

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