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Wild women of the Old West / edited by Glenda Riley & Richard W. Etulain. - Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2003. - xxvi, 229 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Notable westerners. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-214) and index.

Baby Doe Tabor-the culture of beauty / Glenda Riley -- Emily D. West (Morgan)-the Yellow Rose of Texas / Carmen Goldthwaite -- Polly Bemis-lurid life or literary legend? / Priscilla Wegars -- Mattie, Katie, and Ida-western women at risk / Anne M. Butler -- Sadie Orchard-a hard-working woman / Glenda Riley -- Lucille Mulhall-a true western cowgirl / Candy Moulton -- Bertha Kaepernik Blancett-the woman who stayed aboard / M.J. Van Deventer -- Cattle Kate-homesteader or cattle thief? / Lori Van Pelt -- Calamity Jane-the making of a frontier legend -- Richard W. Etulain.

ISBN: 1555912958 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2002154877

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Women--West (U.S.)--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
West (U.S.)--Biography.

LC Class. No.: F596 / .W5798 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 978/.02/0922 B