"Pender was the only one to come out unscathed...claimed her English superiority at the expense of the Americans." -Frontiers of Femininity (2008)
"Rose Pender...toured the American West, partly to inspect a Wyoming cattle ranch in which they'd invested." -The Magnificent Mountain Women (2020)
"Pender...described a 4-month tour through states such as Texas, California, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado...received critical acclaim." -Women and Nature: Saving the Wild West (1999)
"Pender and two fellow Englishmen went through Wyoming ranch country, stopping on ranches, and she, a very intelligent, spirited woman, saw realities that few other chroniclers suggest." -Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest (1958)
How would a proper English "Lady" fare on her trip to inspect a cattle ranch investment in the American West of 1883? Would her critically acclaimed trip narrative set a literary record for the most uses of the adjectives "bad" and "dirty"? Or would it be one of the most enjoyable times of her life?
In 1888, "Britisher" Lady Mary Rose Gregge-Hopwood Pender (1844-1932) would publish a narrative of her harrowing trip into the rough and tumble American West in her book titled "A Lady's Experiences in the Wild West in 1883."
About the author Mary Rose Gregge-Hopwood Pender (1844-1932):
Born in Lancashire, England in 1844 to Edward John Gregge Hopwood and Susan Frances Glegg. Mary Rose Gregge-Hopwood became a "Lady" when she married the knighted Sir James Pender, with whom she would tour the American West in 1883 to inspect their cattle ranch investment . She passed away in 1932.
