Description
In Montana Women Homesteaders: A Field of Ones Own, Sarah Carter introduces the voices and images of women, including Mattie T. Cramer, who filed on a 160 acre homestead plot in Montana. Single, Widowed, divorced or deserted, women varied in ages, educational levels, and ethnic backgrounds, but many “proved up” on their homesteads. In published accounts, journals, diaries and photographs, the women recorded their remarkable journeys.
