". . . well-researched and well-written . . . Myres's book is now the outstanding book on Western women. Good photographs; excellent footnotes . . . Should be purchased by all libraries collecting books on women or on frontier history."—Choice
". . . an exhaustively researched and well-written account of women's experiences in the American West. A provocative work . . ."—The Journal of Arizona History
". . . Myres has been ingenious in ferreting out materials that also permit French, Hispanic, black, and Native American women to speak of their experiences and . . . illuminate splendidly the dramatic changes wrought by the frontier in women's lives."—The Journal of American History
". . . Myres' book is very impressive for its extensive research, its integration of women into the history of the West, its abundant common sense, and its sensitive comparisons of different aspects of men's and women's lives. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the American West and the history of women in the United States."—Journal of the West