Jan Cleere

Beginning in 1840 with the Apache warrior Lozen, sister to the famed Apache chief Victorio, and continuing, and continuing through the well-known educator Maria Urquides (who died in 1994), Cleere provides introductory biographies of a group of hardworking women, most of whom deserve a lot more recognition than they have received.

"When the U.S. Army ordered troops into Arizona Territory in the 19th century to protect and defend the new settlements established there, some of the military men brought their wives and families, particularly officers who might be stationed in the west for years. Most of the women were from refined, eastern-bred families with little knowledge of the territory they were entering. Their letters, diaries, and journals from their years on army posts...