Frontier Women - by Julie Jeffrey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The classic history of women on America's frontiers, now updated and thoroughly revised. FRONTIER WOMEN is an imaginative and graceful account of the extraordinarily diverse contributions of women to the development of the American frontier. Author Julie Roy Jeffrey has expanded her original analysis to include the perspectives of African American and Native American women.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this new edition of a classic work, Julie Roy Jeffrey maintains the essential core of her account of the extraordinarily diverse contributions women made to the development of the American frontier. Jeffrey has expanded her original analysis to include the often overlooked perspectives of Native American, Hispanic, Chinese, and African American women.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Frontier Women is the classic history of women on America's frontiers, now updated and thoroughly revised. It is an imaginative and graceful account of the extraordinarily diverse contributions of women to continental expansion. In this new edition, Julie Roy Jeffrey has tapped new sources and expanded her analysis to include the often overlooked perspectives of women of color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"The modern study of western women began with Jeffrey's pathbreaking book." --<i>John Mack Faragher, Yale University</i> <p/>"Thorough and informative . . . Frontier Women bears out [Frederick Jackson Tur-ner's] prophecy of the old frontier's ability continually to shape and be reshaped by the American imagination." --<i>Megan Marshall, The New Republic</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Julie Roy Jeffrey</b>, professor of history at Goucher College, is the author of <i>Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman</i> and <i>Education for Children of the Poor</i>. She lives in Maryland</p>
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