{"product_id":"women-of-the-west-1","title":"Women of the West","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWomen of the West\u003c\/h1\u003eDorothy Gray\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bison\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 1 1998\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780803270732\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0803270739\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: Starting with Sacajawea, the Shoshone guide for Lewis and Clark, Women of the West gives a historical overview of various pioneers: Narcissa Whitman, trailblazer to Oregon and missionary to the Indians; Esther Morris and Carrie Chapman Catt, leaders for women's suffrage; Susette \"Bright Eyes\" La Flesche, the first Indian woman to become a political advocate for her race; and Willa Cather, the first writer to transmute the experience of western women into serious literature. Women of the West is enriched by other portraits: Ann Eliza Young, Brigham Young's ninth wife, who divorced him and fought against polygamy; Bethenia Owens-Adair and Anna Howard Shaw, pacesetters in medicine and the ministry; Agnes Morley Cleaveland, author of the classic No Life for a Lady (also a Bison Book); Mary \"Yellin\" Lease, a populist who urged farmers to \"raise less corn and more hell\"; the black freedom fighter Biddy Mason; and Donaldina Cameron, scourge of the Chinese slave trade.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390781030445,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_62710ad8-8b48-45c0-b5b5-866d0daa4050.jpg?v=1787347140","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/women-of-the-west-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}