Frontier Teachers: Stories of Heroic Women of the Old West

Frontier Teachers (Nonfiction) Chris Enss, Globe Pequot, $14.95, Softcover. By: Linda Wommack 01/01/2009 Teachers were the female trailblazers of the West, yet they often are overlooked. Thanks to Chris Enss, who once again breaks new ground in the realm of historic women, we learn teachers often inspired many who went on to progress in the frontier. She tells the stories of 12 women who come from different circumstances but share the same goal--furthering education. Eliza Mott taught the alphabet from tombstone inscriptions, while Lucia Darling taught in a one-room cabin that was the first school in Montana Territory. Their experiences were enough to pass on wisdom; and their knowledge still educates generations today.