American Frugal Housewife (1833)
Civil Disobedience (1849) ~ Henry Thoreau's
book originally titled Resistance to Civil Government
Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York (1919)
~ Day-to-day events of the 1850's
Diary of Anna Green Winslow (1894) ~ A Boston
schoolgirl of 1871
Education of a Daughter (1847) ~ Emigrants'
Guide to Oregon and California (1845) -- Pioneers guide for
the westward traveler. (Note: this is the guide
used by the Donner Party)
Good Citizenship (1907) ~ Grover Cleveland's
essay
Hair Culture (1922) ~ An organized and scientific
guide to hair care
Harriet Tubman (1886) ~ "Moses"
of her people
Illustrated Confederate Reader ~ Extraordinary
eyewitness accounts by southern soldiers and civilians
Journal of Madam [Sarah Kemble] Knight (1825)
~ Her story of a difficult journey from Boston to New York
in 1804
Mary Paxson: Her Book ~ 1880's journal of
a Pennsylvania girl
Minnesota Guide (1869) ~ Handbook for travelers
to this state
Mother's Book (1831)
On the Art of Teaching (1840) ~ Horace Mann,
author
Ox-Team Days (1922) ~ Ezra Meeker, 1852
traveler of the Oregon Trail and founder of the Ox-Team Assn.
Personal Beauty
Prairie Traveler (1859) ~ Handbook for American
pioneers
Prairie Winter (1903) ~ An Illinois girl's
story
Sally Wister's Journal (1902) ~ A Quaker
girl's experiences during the American Revolutionary War
Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1854) ~ And what
was seen there. American temperance novel
Timeless Beauty (1858) ~ Lola Montez' tips
on personal care
What's a Poor Girl to Do? ~ Prostitution
in the mid-19th century
Wheel within a Wheel (1895) ~ Women's quest
for freedom using the newly invented bicycle
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