By Anna Kathryn Lanier
Fascinating Women – Fascinating Lives
September 4-30, 2011
Hearts Through History RWA’s Campus
The West was discovered by men looking for adventure and
fortune. But it was civilized by women
who brought families, schools, churches, and stability to the area.
In PIONEERING WOMEN OF THE WEST, you’ll learn about the
western movement, the treacherous journey hundreds of thousands people took and
of the lives of specific women who helped shape the West, intentionally or not.
Some women went looking for a better life; others followed their man into the
wilderness.
There will be three lectures a week, with time for questions
and answers and additional research on the participants’ part.
Schedule:
September 4-9: Introductions; Syllabus; Western Movement
overview
September 10-16: Who Went; Westward Ho!: Getting Started;
Keturah Belknap
September 17-23: The Women: Mail-order Brides; Teachers;
Doctors
September 24-30: Off the Beaten Path: Makers and Shakers; Miscellaneous
Bio:
Anna Kathryn Lanier fell into the Western Movement by accident,
but just like those mountain men and brave women of the 19th Century,
Anna Kathryn was bitten by the Western bug, too. Research naturally followed her interest and
though she doesn’t claim to be an expert, she knows just enough to get her into
trouble.
Anna Kathryn is published in both contemporary and
historical Westerns with The Wild Rose Press.
Visit her at www.aklanier.com and http://annakathrynlanier.blogspot.com/.
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