|
An Emigrants' Guide for Women: Making the Necessary Preparations for the Arduous Five-Month Journey along the Oregon Trail
|
|
|
|
 |
| Title | An Emigrants' Guide for Women: Making the Necessary Preparations for the Arduous Five-Month Journey along the Oregon Trail |
| Abstract | [F]ictionalized facsimile of an 1850 guidebook written by a woman for women on preparing for journeys to the West, with illustrations and map. Description of various factors affecting women in particular and referring to anti-fever pills of Dr. John Sappington of Arrow Rock, Missouri to be "found in Westport, Independence, or St. Joseph." |
| Author | Terry Brown
|
| Date | September//1970 |
| Source | American West |
| Location | Periodical |
| Volume | 7 |
| Number | 5 |
| Page | 12-17, 63 |
| Local Subject | Oregon Trail
Overland Journeys
Women
|
| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Magazine Article
|
| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 119273 |
| CONTENTdm number | 17874 |
|
|
|
|
|
