Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-214) and index.
Baby Doe Tabor-the culture of beauty / Glenda Riley -- Emily D. West (Morgan)-the Yellow Rose of Texas / Carmen Goldthwaite -- Polly Bemis-lurid life or literary legend? / Priscilla Wegars -- Mattie, Katie, and Ida-western women at risk / Anne M. Butler -- Sadie Orchard-a hard-working woman / Glenda Riley -- Lucille Mulhall-a true western cowgirl / Candy Moulton -- Bertha Kaepernik Blancett-the woman who stayed aboard / M.J. Van Deventer -- Cattle Kate-homesteader or cattle thief? / Lori Van Pelt -- Calamity Jane-the making of a frontier legend -- Richard W. Etulain