Name/Title
Gentle Tamers, TheEntry/Object ID
L2007.31.12Description
Gentle Tamers, Women of the Old Wild West, includes stories and pictures of the women who went west either with their husbands, or on their own, in the early settling of the West It tells of the influence women had on the settling of the west. Several well-known women are included: Elizabeth Custer, Josephine Meeker, Carry Nation, and Virginia Reed are among them. The author "shows that the reactions of these women to their frontier experience were as important as male reactions in the development of American mores and American democracy." The book was first copyrighted in 1958.
317/Softbound/Illustrations/PhotographsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Women--West--History, Frontier and Pioneer Life, Expansion, Western Migration, Women in the WestBook Details
Author
Brown, DeePlace Published
City
LincolnState/Province
NebraskaDate Published
1981Call No.
Western BRISBN
0-8032-5025-8LCCN
81-3428Notes
Copy No.: 1Condition
Overall Condition
ExcellentRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Elizabeth CusterPerson or Organization
Josephine MeekerPerson or Organization
Carrie NationPerson or Organization
Virginia Reed