Women of the Klondike

Name: Women of the Klondike
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ISBN: 9781770500174

ISBN-10: 1770500170

ISBN-13: 9781770500174

Edition: 15th 2010

Authors: Frances Backhouse

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Women played a critical role during the gold rush, and this is the only book that brings to light the stories of these diverse women. Backhouse delves into the lives of women-entrepreneurs, nuns, doctors, nurses, journalists, and dancehall entertainers among them-who were caught up in the gold rush and lived amazing lives. Through letters, journals, newspaper accounts, and personal interviews, Backhouse explores all of their untold stories.Some were reckless dreamers who headed north alone. Others were looking for fortunes, or husbands. Still others went to the Klondike to gain professional recognition. Many women found that conditions were vastly worse than they had expected-Lillian Oliver…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Edition: 15th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Whitecap Books, Limited
Publication date: 3/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Foreword



Preface to the 15th Anniversary Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Acknowledgements


Maps



First Woman of the Klondike



Women on the Gold Rush Trail



Loyal Wives and Hopeful Spinsters



Ministering to the Wants of Helpless Masculinity



Come and Do a Shuffle with Me, Sam



Hunting for Souls in the Goldfields



The New Woman in the North



With Shovel and Gold Pan



“Doing” the Klondike



Woman Holds the Field


Epilogue to the 2000 Revised Edition


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Photograph Credits


Index