Staking Her Claim: Women Homesteading the West

Staking Her Claim: Women Homesteading the West by Marcia Meredith - Single women homesteading in the still wild west of the early 1900s tell their stories in their own words—of adventure, independence, failure, success, and freedom.

Staking Her Claim: Women Homesteading the West

By Marcia Meredith Hensley

Instead of talking about women’s rights, these frontier women grabbed the opportunity to become landowners by homesteading in the still wild west of the early 1900s. Here they tell their stories in their own words—through letters and articles of the time—of adventure, independence, foolhardiness, failure, success, and freedom.

  • • 978-0931271-90-8 • trade paper • index • 304 pp • photos • $19.95 ORDER NOW
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