"Among the numerous diaries published recently as scholars probe women s history, Farnsworth s is a real find." Sally Mitchell

"The publication now of books like Martha Farnsworth s has contributed to radical revisions of women s history and reassessment of women s 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 women s life in the middle of America... " Bloomsbury Review

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