Lessons
In this lesson we will discuss Western expansion and a woman's role in the new territory of the West. We will also explore the life of Belle...
The Western Expansion/Women's Roles in the West
Belle Starr
Belle's Later Years and Death
Bibliography and Sources
Lesson 2: Stage Coach Robbers and Cattle Rustlers
Pearl Hart and Cattle Kate were two women who broke new ground. But neither feat is anything to boast about. Pearl Hart is the only known female...
Female Stage Coach Robbers and Cattle Rustlers
Pearl Hart -Stagecoach Robber
The Saga of Cattle Kate
The Lynching of Cattle Kate
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Bibliography and Sources
Lesson 3: The Wild Bunch Women
In this lesson we will discuss the women associated with Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang. These women include Etta Place, Laura Bullion, Annie...
The Wild Bunch Gang-A Brief History
The Elusive Etta Place
Laura Bullion and Annie Rogers
Two Good Mormon Girls-Rose Morgan and Maud Davis
The Bassett Women
Bibliography and Sources
Lesson 4: Renegade Women
The women discussed in this lesson were not necessarily outlaws, just women who for some reason could not or did not wish to conform to the role...
Wild Women of the West
Calamity Jane
Poker Alice
Charlie Parkhurst
Sally Skull
Bibliography and Sources
Lesson 5: Loyal Lovers and Shady Ladies
These are the tales of the Rose of Cimarron, Big Nose Kate, and Baby Doe Tabor, women who stood by their man through very trying circumstances. In...
Introduction/The Rose of Cimarron
Big Nose Kate
Baby Doe Tabor
Bibliography and Sources
Lesson 6: Prostitution in the West-Soiled Doves
In this lesson, we'll take a look at the "world's oldest professon" and the women who engaged in it. From fancy parlor houses to lowly cribs, these...
Prostitution in the Old West
The Busness of Prostitution
Soiled Doves-The Working Girls
The Chinese SlaveTrade
Hookers with Hearts of Gold
Bibliography and Sources
Lesson 7: Prostitution in the West- Pistol Packing Madams
In this lesson we'll learn a little about what was like for the madams and girls who worked in the high-class parlor houses and read the story of...
The Parlor House Madam
Pistol Packing Madams
More Famous Madams
Bibliography and Sources
Lesson 8: Western Women In Fiction and Film
In this lesson we will discuss the portrayal of Belle Starr, Calamity Jane, and other Western women in film and fiction. The influence of the time...
The Romance of Hollywood
The Fictional Belle Starr
Calamity Jane-A Product of Fiction
Etta Place and Other Women Outlaws in Film/Conclusion
Bibliography and Sources
Course Bibliography and Wrapup
