Table of Contents
Preface vi
Alaska Women
The Legendary "Alaska Nellie" (1873-1956) Nellie Neal Lawing 2
Native Village Teacher and WWII Pow (1879-1965) Etta Eugenie Schureman Jones 9
Alaska's Storyteller and Author (1886-1959) Florence Barrett Willoughby 17
Attu Weaver and Aleut Culture Keeper (1900-1973) Anfesia Shapsnikoff 26
Arizona Women
Lozen, "A Shield to her People" (183?-1889) 34
Builder of Souls, Surgical Suites, and Steam Plants (1850-1923) Sister Mary Fidelia McMahon 42
Painter of Southwestern Light (1889-1971) Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton 49
Cultural Pioneer, (1891-1940) Carmen Lee Ban 57
California Women
A Whole Theatre To Herself (1814-1904) Mary Ellen Pleasant 66
A Strong-Hearted Woman (1836-1920) Toby Riddle 72
A Woman of Genius (1868-1934) Mary Austin 80
Unbound Feet, Unfettered Heart (1887-1972) Tye Leung Schulze 88
Colorado Women
Angel of the Rockies (Ca. 1803-1885) "Aunt Clara" Brown 94
Distinguished Scientist (1871-1953) Florence Sabin 99
Labor Advocate (1886-1976) Josephine Roche 106
Idaho Women
Angel of the Coeur D'Alenes (1800-1853) Louise Siuwheem 112
Queen of Diamonds (1857-1936) Kitty C. Wilkins 117
The Sheep Queen of Idaho (1866-1951) Emma Russell Yearian 122
Kansas Women
Suffragist and Journalist, Counting Women's Votes and Stories (1858-1929) Lilla Day Monroe 128
Sioux Anthropologist, Teacher, and Novelist (1888-1971) Ella Deloria 133
Foreign War Correspondent, Soldiering Through Adversity (1889-1967) Peggy Hull 140
Missouri Women
Alice Berry Graham (1850-1913) and Katharine Berry Richardson (1858-1933), Mothers of Mercy 150
Illustrious Illustrator (1874-1944) Rose Cecil O'Neill 156
Ready-To-Wear Revolutionary (1889-1991) Nell Donnelly Reed 163
Montana Women
Pioneering Teacher (1839-1905) Lucia Darling Park 172
Lady Black Robe (1846-1919) Mother Amadeus 178
Woman Behind The Man (1878-1948) Nancy Cooper Russell 185
Champion Bronc Rider (1887-1983) Fannie Sperry Steele 191
Nevada Women
A Sparrow Among Eagles (1844-1891) Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins 198
Pills and Politics (1856-1947) Eliza Cook 206
Education Reformer (1881-1963) Maude Frazier 213
New Mexico Women
Architect of the Earth (1869-1958) Mary Colter 222
The Spirit of Old Spain in the New Southwest (1881-1965) Nina Otero-Warren 228
Cowgirl at Heart (1891-1979) Laura Gilpin 240
Oklahoma Women
Child Advocate and Voice for the Poor (1875-1930) Catherine "Kate" Ann Barnard 250
Champion for the Cherokee (1869-1938) Rachel Caroline Eaton 256
Pioneering Pilot (1896-1978) Dorothy K. Barrack Pressler Morgan 262
Queen of Cowgirls (1885-1940) Lucille Mulhall 269
Oregon Women
Path Breaker (1834-1915) Abigail Scott Duniway 278
Premier Policewoman (1860-1957) Lola Greene Baldwin 288
Dry-Land Homesteader (1872-1963) Alice Day Pratt 294
Texas Women
The Laredo Rebel (1876-1955) Leonor Villegas De Magnón 302
Antilynching Crusader (1883-1972) Jessie Daniel Ames 310
Flying For The Race (1893-1926) Bessie Coleman 317
Utah Women
Pioneer Midwife (1795-1892) Patty Sessions 324
Lawyer, Judge, Congresswoman (1895-1983) Reva Beck Bosone 330
Historian Who Sought the Truth (1898-1989) Juanita Brooks 337
Washington Women
Mother of Seattle (1822-1910) Mary Ann Boren Denny 346
Chief of the Lady Black Robes (1823-1902) Mother Joseph 355
The Original "Tugboat Annie" (1857-1927) Thea Christiansen Foss 365
Bibliography 372
Sources 395
Index 397
