Description

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Sitting at the kitchen tables of twelve women in their eighties who were born in or immigrated to Montana in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, between 1982 and 1988 oral historian Donna Gray conducted interviews that reveal a rich heritage. This collection of oral histories captures each woman's unique voice, phrases, and accent, as she humbly shares her remarkable stories of homesteading in the Treasure state.

About the Author

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Donna Gray moved to a ranch in Montana's Paradise Valley in the 1970s, where she became interested in the histories of neighboring ranch wives and began her search for the stories of Montana's rural women. Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith have co-authored ten books, including Pioneer Women and Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement.