Nellie Cashman was known as the Angel of Tombstone for her compassionate ways. In 1884, she ministered to the men respo…
Tag: Women
Pioneer Women in the West
Back in the 1960s I used to perform the old folk song, “Waggoner’s Lad.” The first line went like this: “Hard luck is th…
Lady Desperados
Stagecoach robber Pearl Hart is the most famous of the twenty-nine women who spent time at the Yuma Territorial Prison d…
Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Ladies
Gambling was a favorite pastime in frontier towns and among the most skillful and prosperous were a few free-spirited wo…
She Was the Best Man of the Party
The name Juliet Brier doesn’t leap to mind when thinking about the courageous women who endured the wagon train tr…
You Tell ‘Em Girl
Western women said some pretty interesting things: “Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country …
Lady of the Law She Was Sheriff by Melody Groves
I’m of the opinion that, even in today’s society, the women of the frontier are not given all of the credit that is thei…
Bandit Queen Belle Starr
Myra Maybelle Shirley, was another Old West personality who might have been forgotten had she not been reinvented by a n…
Plump, Plumper, Plumpest
The headline brings an immediate chuckle: “How to be Plump.” Say what? Yes, in Victorian times, this 1988 book declares,…
Woman of Gold University of Alaska Press, $24.95
Every tale of the Klondike gold rush of 1897-’98 begins with the discovery of gold by George Carmack and his Tagish brot…