Women of the Klondike / Frances Backhouse ; [edited by Elaine Jones].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Backhouse, Frances, author.

Contributor:

Berton, Pierre, writer of foreword.

Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, donor.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries.

Klondike River Valley (Yukon).

Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--History.

Women pioneers.

Women gold miners--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--History.

Women gold miners.

Women--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--History.

Women.

Gold mines and mining.

Yukon--Klondike River Valley.

Genre:

History

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7969)

Physical Description:

xi, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : Whitecap Books, [1995]

Summary:

"Women of the Klondike explores the critical roles women played during the gold rush. Frances Backhouse delves into the lives of these diverse individuals--entrepreneurs, domestics, nuns, doctors, nurses, and journalists. Through diaries, letters, memoirs, newspaper accounts, and archival photographs, Backhouse presents an itimate look at women in the Klondike."--back cover.

Contents:

Foreword / Pierre Berton

Preface

Acknowledgments

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 gold fields

New woman in the north

With shovel and gold pan

"doing" the Klondike

Woman holds the field

Notes

Selected bibliography

Photograph credits

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-204) and index.

Local Notes:

Schimmel 7969: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

ISBN:

1551103753

9781551103754

OCLC:

33353847