A mine of her own : woman prospectors in the American West, 1850-1950 /
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| Author / Creator: | Zanjani, Sally Springmeyer, 1937- |
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| Imprint: | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1997. |
| Description: | xii, 375 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2616331 |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Prospecting
- Part 1. 1850-1918
- 1. Ellen Cashman: Angel and Wild Woman
- 2. Ferminia Sarras: the Copper Queen
- 3. "Hustlers of No Mean Ability": Women on Their Own
- 4. The Steam Engine and the Lost Breyfogle: Dubious Enterprises
- 5. Ellen Nay: Native Daughter
- 6. "Hers Were the Only Hands to Assist Me": Daughters, Sisters, Wives, and Lovers
- Part 2. 1919-1950
- 7. Queen Mary and the Tugboat Annie of the Desert: the Postwar Era
- 8. "Hit Rock Bottom Hard Enough to Bounce": the Depression Years
- 9. "Listen and the Mountains Will Talk to You": Happy Days and Panamint Annie
- 10. Anna Rechel: the Last Prospector in Rawhide
- Epilogue a Century of Women Prospectors
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index