Bibliography

Fairbank, Carol, and Sara Sundberg. Farm Women on the Prairie Frontier. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1983

Murphy, Lucy, and Wendy Venet, eds. Midwestern Women. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1997.

Riley, Glenda. The Female Frontier. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas: 1988.

Journal Photographs

Ruth Douglass diary, 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan (cover)
Ruth Douglass diary, December 30 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Grace Ambrose diary 1884, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan (cover)
Grace Ambrose diary, July 16 1884, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Grace Ambrose diary, April 20 1884, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Sarah Partridge diary 1886, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan (cover)
Sarah Partridge tintype photograph, 1886
Sarah Partridge diary April 26 1886, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Journal Quotes

Ruth Douglass diary, April 18 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Ruth Douglass diary, August 1 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Ruth Douglass diary, September 8 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Ruth Douglass diary, September 8 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Ruth Douglass diary, October 4 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Ruth Douglass diary, November 20 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Ruth Douglass diary, December 30 1848, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Grace Ambrose diary May 15 1884, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Grace Ambrose diary July 161884, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Grace Ambrose diary August 25 1884, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Grace Ambrose diary January 1 1890, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Sarah Partridge diary February 24 1886, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Sarah Partridge diary April 1 1886, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Sarah Partridge diary April 6 1886, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Sarah Partridge diary April 26 1886, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan