TY - BOOK AU - Grierson,Alice Kirk AU - Leckie,Shirley A. TI - The colonel's lady on the western frontier: the correspondence of Alice Kirk Grierson T2 - Women in the West SN - 0585346631 AV - F594 .G765 1989eb U1 - 978/.02/0924B 19 PY - 1989/// CY - Lincoln PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Grierson, Alice Kirk, KW - United States KW - Army KW - Military life KW - History KW - 19th century KW - fast KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - West (U.S.) KW - Officers' spouses KW - Correspondence KW - HISTORY KW - State & Local KW - bisacsh KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Historical KW - Armed Forces KW - Dagelijks leven KW - gtt KW - Frontier KW - 1860-1890 KW - United States, West KW - Electronic books KW - Records and correspondence N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index; Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - The modern woman who tries to juggle private and public roles with equilibrium will discover a spiritual ancestor in Alice Kirk Grierson. The colonel's lady spent most of her life at army outposts on the nineteenth-century western frontier, where she faced the problems of raising a large family while fulfilling the duties of a commanding officer's wife. Fortunately for history, she left a large and extraordinarily candid correspondence, which has now been edited by the author UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=41691 ER -