Black Women of the Old West

Black Women of the Old West
Title Black Women of the Old West PDF eBook
Author William Loren Katz
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 181
Release 2010-05-11
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1439115869

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Black women were always part of America's westward expansion. Some escaped slavery to live with the Native Americans, while others traveled west after the Civil War to settle the new lands. They came as servants and as independent pioneers struggling to make a life in the wilderness. Brief text and extraordinary photos record many of the black women who went West to find a new life for themselves and their families.

African American Women of the Old West

African American Women of the Old West
Title African American Women of the Old West PDF eBook
Author Tricia Martineau Wagner
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 169
Release 2007-02-01
Genre History
ISBN 1461748429

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The brave pioneers who made a life on the frontier were not only male—and they were not only white. The story of African-American women in the Old West is one that has largely gone untold--until now. The story of ten African-American women is reconstructed from historic documents found in century-old archives. The ten remarkable women in African American Women of the Old West were all born before 1900, some were slaves, some were free, and some lived both ways during their lifetime. Among them were laundresses, freedom advocates, journalists, educators, midwives, business proprietors, religious converts, philanthropists, mail and freight haulers, and civil and social activists.

Black Frontiers

Black Frontiers
Title Black Frontiers PDF eBook
Author Lillian Schlissel
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 84
Release 2000-02
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0689833156

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Black Frontiers chronicles the life and times of black men and women who settled the West from 1865 to the early 1900s. In this striking book, you'll meet many of these brave individuals face-to-face, through rare vintage photographs and a fascinating account of their real-life history.

New Women in the Old West

New Women in the Old West
Title New Women in the Old West PDF eBook
Author Winifred Gallagher
Publisher Penguin
Pages 321
Release 2022-07-19
Genre History
ISBN 0735223270

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A riveting and previously untold history of the American West, as seen by the pioneering women who advocated for their rights amidst challenges of migration and settlement, and transformed the country in the process Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by adventure, opportunity, and the spirit of Manifest Destiny. These settlers soon realized that survival in a new society required women to compromise eastern sensibilities and take on some of their husbands’ responsibilities. At a time when women had very few legal or economic--much less political--rights, these women soon proved just as essential as men to westward expansion. During the mid-nineteenth century, the traditional domestic model of womanhood shifted to include public service, with the women of the West becoming town mothers who established schools, churches, and philanthropies, while also coproviding for their families. They claimed their own homesteads and graduated from new, free coeducational colleges that provided career alternatives to marriage. In 1869, the men of the Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote--partly to persuade more of them to move west--but with this victory in hand, western suffragists fought relentlessly until the rest of the region followed suit. By 1914 western women became the first American women to vote--a right still denied to women in every eastern state. In New Women in the Old West, Winifred Gallagher brings to life the riveting history of the little-known women--the White, Black, and Asian settlers, and the Native Americans and Hispanics they displaced--who played monumental roles in one of America's most transformative periods. Drawing on an extraordinary collection of research, Gallagher weaves together the striking legacy of the persistent individuals who not only created homes on weather-wracked prairies, but also played a vital, unrecognized role in the women's rights movement and forever redefined the "American woman."

Black People who Made the Old West

Black People who Made the Old West
Title Black People who Made the Old West PDF eBook
Author William Loren Katz
Publisher Africa Research and Publications
Pages 181
Release 1992
Genre History
ISBN 9780865433632

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Biographical sketches of thirty-five black people who explored and settled the frontiers of the early United States.

The Black West

The Black West
Title The Black West PDF eBook
Author William Loren Katz
Publisher Harlem Moon
Pages 338
Release 2005
Genre History
ISBN 0767912314

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A meticulously documented look at a lesser-known aspect of African-American history is based on the personal writings of the explorers, cowboys, settlers, and soldiers of pioneer America. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking

What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking
Title What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking PDF eBook
Author Mrs. Fisher
Publisher Applewood Books
Pages 102
Release 1995
Genre African American cooking
ISBN 1557094039

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"A former slave, Mrs Fisher came from Mobile, Alabama and began cooking for San Francisco society in the late 1870's"--Back cover.