Western Women (Abridged, Annotated)

"The purpose of this book is to record woman's part in working out the plan of our Western civilization; no other civilization, perhaps, bearing so conspicuously the imprint of her hand and her brain."

So wrote Mary Douthit, herself a pioneer woman. She continued:

"In patience, courage, and endurance, woman proved man's equal. In her ability to cope with strenuous conditions, she was again his recognized peer. In property rights woman enjoys far greater privileges here than in the older porti...