A Mine of Her Own: Women Prospectors in the American West, 1850 - 1950,9780803299160

A Mine of Her Own: Women Prospectors in the American West, 1850 - 1950

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ISBN13: 9780803299160
ISBN10: 0803299168
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Summary

From the California gold rush through the midtwentieth century, a special breed of women played an integral and heretofore unrecognized part in some of the most stirring adventures of the pioneer experience: the saintly Nellie Cashman; the copper queen Ferminia Sarras, known for her grand sprees; the former rodeo champion turned prospector; the ex-actress who snowshoed her way to Nome; and many more. Chosen as one of the top ten books of all time by the Mining History Association,A Mine of Her Owntells the definitive story of America's women prospectors for the first time.

Author Biography

Sally Zanjani is on the faculty of the political science department at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her latest book, Sarah Winnemucca, will be published in spring 2001 by the University of Nebraska Press.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Prospecting 1(24)
PART 1: 1850--1918
Angel and Wild Woman
25(35)
Ellen Cashman
The Copper Queen
60(25)
Ferminia Sarras
``Hustlers of No Mean Ability'': Women on Their Own
85(36)
The Steam Engine and the Lost Breyfogle: Dubious Enterprises
121(20)
Native Daughter
141(24)
Ellen Nay
``Hers Were the Only Hands to Assist Me'': Daughters, Sisters, Wives, and Lovers
165(40)
PART 2: 1919--1950
Queen Mary and the Tugboat Annie of the Desert: The Postwar Era
205(31)
``Hit Rock Bottom Hard Enough to Bounce'': The Depression Years
236(27)
``Listen and the Mountains Will Talk to You'': Happy Days and Panamint Annie
263(21)
The Last Prospector in Rawhide
284(17)
Anna Rechel
Epilogue: A Century of Women Prospectors 301(18)
Notes 319(34)
Bibliography 353(12)
Index 365

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