Klondike Women - 9780804009270

Klondike WomenTrue Tales of the 18971898 Gold Rush\nAuthor(s): Melanie J. Mayer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Swallow Press\nISBN-13: 9780804009270, 978-0804009270\nSynopsis\nKlondike Women is a compelling collection of historical photographs and first-hand accounts of the adventures, challenges, and disappointments of women on the trails to the Klondike gold fields. In the midst of a depression near the turn of the twentieth century, these women dared to act on the American dream. As they journeyed through the Northwest wilderness, they explored and extended not only the physical frontiers of North America but also the social frontiers about the \""women's place.\""\n Challenging the myth that the only women who participated in gold rushes were prostitutes and gold-diggers of the euphemistic sort, Melanie Mayer shows us that Klondike women came from all walks of lifesocialites to poor immigrants, single women, wives, widows, and children.