The Alaska Women's Oral History Project was funded through grants from the State of Alaska Department of Education, the Alaska Humanities Forum, and the Alaska Historical Commission. Additional support was provided by the Alaska Historical Society and Anchorage Community College. The purpose of the project was to collect and compile the reminiscences of pioneer Alaskan women born between 1866 and 1937. The chief interviewer for the project was Maria Brooks.

This fascinating collection recreates the sufferage movement in America through the personal accounts of five ordinary women who participated in the struggle: Sylvie Thygeson, Jesse Haver Butler, Miriam Allen deFord, Laura Ellsworth Seiler, and Ernestine Hara Kettler.

Paper presented at Northern Libraries Colloquy, 1984. Outlines major oral history collection types in Alaska and comments about this form of information. Also discusses Alaska Oral History Index.

How did Alaska become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? More than Petticoats: Remarkable Alaska Women recognizes the women who shaped the Last Frontier. The lives of female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies.