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Wild West Women: Travellers, Adventurers and Rebels [Paperback]

Rosemary Neering (Author)

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Recently awarded the 2001 Van City Book Prize, this book proves how the west was really won - through the strength and determination of women.

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Lillian Alling couldn't bear to live in New York any longer, but she couldn't save the fare home to Russia either. So she decided to walk home via the United States, British Columbia, Alaska, and Siberia. Nothing could stop her—not the enormous distance, not the dangers, not even a jail term.

Lillian's is just one of the compelling stories in Rosemary Neering's look at the history of the West from a woman's perspective. Wild West Women features women from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, such as madams who came to mine the miners, prospectors who were still checking on their claims when they were in their eighties, and writers who first feared and then loved the wilderness. Emily Carr, Frances Macnab, Agnes Deans Cameron, and Ma Murray are just some of the independent and determined women profiled in this book through stories, anecdotes, and black and white archival images.

Rosemary Neering is the author of a number of books, including A Traveller's Guide to Historic BC, Down the Road: Journeys through Small-Town British Columbia, Over Canada, and Vancouver Island from the Air, as well as many magazine articles on history and the environment.

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4.0 out of 5 stars STRONG, ASSERTIVE WOMEN, Feb 9 2009
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A wonderful historical book filled with stories of strong women that were imaginative, creative and determined long before the term 'women's lib' was invented. I'm sure that the Victorian Age turned out quiet, petite females, who took whatever life handed them; not so these women who followed their dreams and were able to accomplish much of what they set out to do. Some of the women were rough and tumble, raucous, maybe some even 'shady ladies.' But the underlying element that bound them together to make history and become subjects of this book, was their independence, touch of rebellion, and strength. No pancies or shrinking violets here - a good read. I liked it.
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