Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement: Life on the Home Frontier
- ISBN-10
- 0806126191
- ISBN-13
- 9780806126197
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 381
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Author
- Linda S. Peavy
Description
Looks at the lives of the homebound wives of Western pioneers
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