Take the sub-title rather than the title for your guide, as "The
Gentle Tamers" seems to this reader a misnomer for the tales of
some 25 women who crossed the Western trails or settled there in
the old and not-so-old days. Actually, the imprint left by these
women is slight; and where fame has accumulated as in the case of
Carrie Nation, the saloon-smashing prowess could hardly be termed
"gentle". One whose mark was considerable was the charming ??
Whitman, wife of the missionary, who went with her husband to
Oregon in 1836. Her diary might well have been more amply quoted as
it is a delight. The author gives more space to Josephine Meeker,
captured by Ute Indians in 1879 at the White River (Colorado)
massacre; and to Frances Grummond, who wrote an excellent book her
own experiences in the four months spent in 1866 at Fort Phil
Kearney on the Bozeman Trail, and whose husband died in the
Fetterman massacre. Elizabeth Custer, widow of the somewhat
tarnished "hero" of the Little Big Horn; Lotta Crabtree, the
actress, and a wide variety of other figures- prostitutes,
actresses, wives of gold-seekers, settlers and soldiers make up the
roster. Sacagewea, the squaw who helped guide Lewis and Clark,
Jessie Fremont, wife of the explorer, and others who seem of
greater significance, are not, included. Although the material is
well presented and the result of honest research, the book seems
unmotivated and something of a hodgepodge, and those familiar with
the historical record will find it disappointing. Possibly its
market is more for the uninitiated, for high school students
seeking Western data, and certainly for women rather than men.
Maybe it will lead to further reading. (Kirkus Reviews)
All aspects of western feminine life, which include a good deal
about the western male, are covered in this lively, informal but
soundly factual account of the women who built the West. Among
those whose stories are included are Elizabeth Custer; Lola Montez,
Ann Eliza Young, Josephine Meeker, Carry Nation, Esther Morris, and
Virginia Reed.
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