01948cam a2200421 i 4500 503258046 TxAuBib 20210603120000.0 210225s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020017039 9780531130803 0531130800 TxAuBib rda Dumas, Marti,. Women in the Old West / Marti Dumas. New York, NY : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2021. 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier True book Women's history in the U.S Includes chronology. Includes glossary. Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index. A crossing of cultures -- Heading West -- Women's work -- The big truth: destroying indigenous peoples' ways of life -- Power in the law -- Women and the myth of the Old West -- Women writers of the West -- True statistics. Junior Library Guild. This book introduces the reader to women in the old West, including how women took on jobs like farming, ranching, and teaching, usually performed by men; how the Old West changed the lives of Indigenous women; the fact that in some western territories, women were allowed to vote 50 years before the Nineteenth Amendment, and much more. Ages 8-10. Grades 3-5. 20210603. A Junior Library Guild selection. FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE West (U.S.) Juvenile literature. WOMEN PIONEERS West (U.S.) History Juvenile literature. WOMEN West (U.S.) History Juvenile literature. True book. Women's history in the U.S.