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Wild Women Of The West: Miriam Leslie
It was a gloomy, chilly evening in mid-April 1877 when Miriam Leslie, her husband Frank, a Skye terr…
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Wild Women Of The West: Lillie Langtry
A huge cloud of steam boiled out of the tremendous stack on the locomotive engine hauling a Union Pa…
Wild Women Of The West: Juliet Fish Nichols
Just off Fort Point are several rocks that are a terror to mariners and on which many a good ship ha…
Wild Women Of The West: Juana Navarro Alsbury
We could hear the Mexican officers shouting to the men to jump over, and the men were fighting so cl…
Wild Women Of The West: Francita Alavez
The moment Madam Alavez arrived at Copano, she began her work of intercession and performed deeds of…
Women Of The West: Annie McIntyre Morrow
Her name was Annie McIntyre Morrow, and the story of her life and times in the Idaho mining camps of…
Women Of The West: Florence Mabel Dedrick
“She is heart and soul in the work and has been wonderfully blessed in her efforts.” Comment abo…
Wild Women Of The West: Cathy Williams
A cold sunrise greeted the soldiers stationed at Fort Cummings, New Mexico, on the first day of 1868…
Wild Women Of The West: Eliza Cook
“For forty years she practiced medicine in this valley, and many a man now with a family of his own recalls being summoned in the middle of the night to saddle his horse and go across the valley for Dr. Cook.”
Wild Women Of The West: Dr. Lillian Heath
“I had two deep pockets set in front of some garments in which to carry, among other things, such as my medical bag, a revolver.”
Wild Women Of The West: Cattle Annie and Little Britches
These wild gals, Cattle Annie and Little Britches, were a pair of misunderstood teens who just wanted to be part of a gang.
Wild Women of the West: Sister Mary Baptist Russell
A giving heart and a will to help children learn is what encouraged this lady to transform the world of education.
Wild Women of the West: Anna Webber
Anna kept a journal during her time on the job. The daily entries describe the expansive landscape and weather, her students, and the tasks at hand.
Wild Women of the West: Eliza Mott
This dedicated wife and mother started the first school in Nevada in her own home and became the state’s first schoolteacher.
Wild Women Of The West: Kate Warne And The Pinkerton Detective Agency – Part 1
“When Kate Warne arrived at Allan’s office the following day and he announced he would give her a job she became the nation’s first female detective…”