Frontier Women: Civilizing the West 1840-1880
Julie Roy Jeffrey analyzes how wives and mothers experienced the journey west during the middle of the 19th Century. Jeffrey breaks the book into three parts. She discusses the actual wagon journeys on the California Trail, Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail in great detail. Her focus is on women's experiences during the journey. Jeffrey mentions the jobs that women had on the trail and the gender roles that governed their relationships in wagon compani...
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