Plains Woman The Diary of Martha Farnsworth, 18821922 [Paperback]

Among the numerous diaries published recently as scholars probe womens history, Farnsworths is a real find. Sally Mitchell

The publication now of books like Martha Farnsworths has contributed to radical revisions of womens history and reassessment of womens skills as writers. Elizabeth Hampsten

... superb edition of the diary of Kansas pioneer Martha Farnsworth... a fact-filled, revealing account of an extraordinary-but-ordinary woman... American Quarterly

... the inside story of a womens life in the middle of America... Bloomsbury Review

A Kansas teacher, housewife, photographer, and suffragist, Martha Farnsworth compulsively recorded her life in middle America during a period of tremendous social and cultural change.

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Editorial Note

The Diary of Martha Farnsworth, 1882-1922

Epilogue

Notes

Index