Women's Diaries of the westward journey by Lillian Schlissel - New York Schocken Books 1982 - 262 p

Includes Index


Families in transit I, 1841-1850 --
Families in transit II, 1851-1855 --
The later journeys, 1856-1867 --
The diaries --
"A woman's trip across the plains in 1849" / Catherine Haun --
"Notes by the wayside en route to Oregon, 1852" / Lydia Allen Rudd --
"Diary, 1853" / Amelia Stewart Knight --
"Touring from Mitchell, Iowa, to California, 1862" / Jane Gould Tourtillott.

Describes the courage of American women who journeyed West between 1840 and 1870.

0-8052-1004-0


Overland journeys to the Pacific
Women-West(US)--History--19th Century
West(U.S.)--History--1849-1950

978.02 Sch 15