TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Dee TI - The gentle tamers: : women of the old Wild West SN - 0803250258 U1 - 978 PY - 1981/// CY - Lincoln PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Women KW - West (U.S.) KW - History KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Social life and customs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index; The sunbonnet myth; "Peril lay at every hand"; The army girls; Beau Sabreur and his land fair; Some ladies of easy virtue; "Many a weary mile"; A lodging for the night; Vanity conquers all; "A little light diversion"; Pink tights and red velvet skirts; A home in the west; The great female shortage; Wyoming tea party; Casting off the shackles; Schoolmarms and maternal forces; Male viewpoint ER -