A quilt of words : women's diaries, letters & original accounts of life in the Southwest, 1860-1960 Cover Image

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A quilt of words : women's diaries, letters & original accounts of life in the Southwest, 1860-1960 / [compiled by] Sharon Niederman.

Summary:

"Historically, the Southwest has attracted people with yearnings for freedom and adventure, people who define themselves as individuals. Unlike their husbands and brothers, women in the Southwest did not, for the most part, subdue and tame the land; but their character and individuality were manifested as they lived with and improved upon conditions as they found them. Their fascination with their way of life and the need for self-expression led them to write of their experiences, providing them with a creative outlet and offering those who came later a unique window into the past. "A Quilt of Words" won the Border Regional Library Association 1989 Southwest Book Award for literary excellence and enrichment of the cultural heritage of the Southwest. It was also awarded the National Federation of Press Women first prize for history in 1989" --Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 1555660479
ISBN: 9781555660475
ISBN: 1555660371
ISBN: 9781555660376
Physical Description: 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : Johnson Books, [1988]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- The story of a Colorado pioneer / Agnes Miner -- Reminiscences of a Jewish bride of the Santa Fe Trail / Flora Spiegelberg -- A Yavapai woman speaks -- My life story / Mary Annetta Coleman Pomeroy -- A missionary teacher's first winter in Jemez / Mary L. Stright -- Chatelaine of the Chaco / Marietta Palmer Wetherill -- Fighting death in the desert / E.J. Elliott -- A charmed girlhood / Isabella Greenway -- Memoir of a health-seeker / Katherine Davis -- I never was a person to get lonely / Frances Beebe -- Life in the southern Colorado coal mining camps / Beatrice Nogare -- Journey towards understanding / Mary Cabot Wheelwright -- Two weeks in New Mexico / Grace Mott Johnson -- Rebel in the west / Eleanor Williams -- Our times were special / Marge Armijo.