Covered Wagon Women, Volume 7: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1854-1860
(Book #7 in the Covered Wagon Women Series)
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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 Hannah Clapp traveled to California with a revolver by her side, speaking her mind in a letter included in this volume,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803272960
ISBN13:9780803272965
Release Date:September 1998
Publisher:Bison Books
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.2"
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