Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier

A stimulating picture of bygone days

Good reading copy.

I am horrified to see that the Amazon description of the contents of this book, uses the words "Indian Squaws"! Perhaps Amazon require an education regarding racial phraseology, as the term "Squaw" is as much an insult to Native American women as the word "Ni**er" is to African Americans!

These stories are taken from actual journals and offer insight into those historic times. It is awe inspiring and humbling what the pioneers lived through

Un ouvrage très intéressant, truffé de vrais témoignages. L'écriture est légère et agréable, on ne s'ennuie pas. J'ai sauté deux chapitres qui touchaient des sujets qui m'intéressaient moins mais je n'ai aucunement perdu l'intérêt de ce livre. Un petit bijoux pour les intéressés!

More people should read and know the real insights of our history. This book will help them do just that.

The author used letters written by pioneer women to a journalist of early 1900s to weave a history based on subject matter. You need to read the introduction and foreward - very important. The book IS interesting, I did enjoy reading it. But I think the title is a little deceiving as the stories are about family life and pioneer life in general, not just women. It could have gone deeper into their daily lives, struggles, how they got by with the little they had, the improvising. It does touch on that but it's not really about women pioneers but about pioneers life in general - as told by pioneer woman of the time. But in the end the intro and foreward explain the background of the book so I suppose it accomplished what the author intended. A different title may have been in order.

While doing some family genealogy stuff, when I discovered a sticky note written by my grandma. And it was a sticky note about this book. I can't wait to start reading it and get more insight.