| Introduction |
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1 Nellie Cashman: Gold Rush "Boomer" |
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1 | (18) |
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2 Aunt Clara Brown: A Woman in a Thousand |
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19 | (16) |
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3 Abigail Scott Duniway: Oregon Trail Suffragette |
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35 | (18) |
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4 Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton: First Mexican-American Female Novelist |
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53 | (16) |
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5 Luzena Stanley Wilson: Frontier Entrepreneur |
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69 | (14) |
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6 Mother Jones: She Could Not Be Silenced |
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83 | (14) |
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7 Zitkala-Sa: Dakota Sioux Rights Activist and Writer |
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97 | (16) |
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8 Mary Hallock Foote: Mining Town Author and Illustrator |
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113 | (16) |
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9 Martha Hughes Cannon: Frontier Doctor and First Female State Senator |
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129 | (18) |
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10 Donaldina Cameron: The Most Loved and Feared Woman in Chinatown |
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147 | (20) |
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11 Charley Parkhurst: Most Celebrated Stagecoach Driver in the West |
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167 | (12) |
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12 Makaopiopio: The Spirit of Aloha |
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179 | (16) |
| Conclusion |
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195 | (2) |
| Acknowledgments |
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