Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • The West Is Calling
  • Introduction
  • LETTERS FROM RURAL WOMEN OF THE NORTH-WEST, 1900-1920
  • 1899 Icelander
  • 1900 Tom Boy
  • Pearl
  • Alberta Fawn
  • Emma Rose
  • East Wind
  • E.M.T.
  • Late Comer
  • 1901 Sour Grapes
  • 1902 Cowgirl
  • 1903 Maid o' the Mist
  • A Bereaved Mother
  • Nil Desperadum
  • 1904 Frank's Mother
  • Bluebird
  • Still Hopeful
  • 1905 Sage-Brush: From a Dry Climate
  • Butter and Eggs: Land for Single Women
  • B.S.: Room for a Change
  • t. Lynch: Teachers Wanted in B.C.A Wrathy Spinster: A Spinster Who Knows
  • B.C.: Young Wives
  • J.W.: A Man among the Amazons
  • A Clerk: A Good Place for Women
  • Mother
  • A Mother
  • 1906 Western Teacher: A Western Teacher's Advice
  • Young Schoolma'am: A Word for Widowers
  • B.A.M.: A Happy Western Teacher
  • Poor but Hopeful: On Mining Speculation
  • Big Mike: Big Mike Wants a Working Wife
  • 1907 Marie
  • Meadow Rue
  • Imogen: Teaching in the West
  • Hazel Eyes: Desires to Help
  • Wild Rose: A Brave Woman
  • Sunset: Diana of the Pacific
  • Bess: Fond of Horses and Hunting1908 Barrie: Helpful and Amusing
  • Cricket of Paradise Valley: Life and Love
  • A Marriageable Woman: A Chance for a Bachelor
  • Bread Winner: A Sad Story
  • 1909 Teresa: An Englishwoman's View
  • Lord Ullin's Daughter: The Wife's Dower
  • Mere Man: The Dower Question
  • Brightness: Pretty and Useful Seat
  • Justice of the Peace: The Dower Law
  • Mrs. J.A.K.: Baby for Adoption
  • Nawitka: A Strong Plea for Women
  • A Wife and Mother: The Franchise
  • 1910 Addariah: A Vexed Question
  • Farmer's Wife (Slave): A Real Grievance
  • Farmer's Wife: Story of a Maternity NurseOne Who Knows: Why Young People Leave the Farm
  • In-the-Depths: Comfort Wanted
  • Temperance Worker: Local Option
  • Old Maids
  • 1911 Settler: Graham Island
  • 1912 Tired: Tired's Letter of Thanks
  • Christina: A Helpful Letter
  • Penelope: Her Heart's Desire
  • Flynn Valley: Children Need a Home
  • Rosebush: A Prairie Christmas Tree
  • Betty: Things Look Black
  • Morning Albertan: A Christmas Tree
  • 1913 Beacon: Matrimonial Laws in Saskatchewan
  • 1914 Sweet Idaho: Children Given Away
  • Grandmother: Methods in Child RaisingA Mother: Health and Morality
  • Worker: What Do You Think?
  • Residential Teacher: School Problems
  • A Broken-Hearted Wife: A Bacher's Wife
  • 1915 Brother Bachelor: A Voice from Vancouver
  • Hope: Women Need to Get Out
  • Francis Marion Beynon: Who'll Help This Baby?
  • F.M.B.: Many Homes for Baby
  • A Homesteader's Wife: Four Lean Years in Five
  • Aloha Twin: Valuable Fur
  • An English Soldier's Wife
  • 1916 Farmer: A Pitiful Heart
  • Evangeline: When a Man Enlists
  • Determination: Can't Alter Circumstances