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Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West | Katie Hickman

pick

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Pulled it out at the last minute & finished this one for #RiseUpReads Torn between So-So & Pick, I‘m going with a pick because while I grew up in Northern California & Oregon & was taught the history of the states, so much of it was white-washed & little was taught about women & the roles they played. This book isn‘t perfect—it slogs (I skimmed some chapters) & the focus is mostly on the white experience but there ⬇️

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DebinHawaii … is some good information in here & I liked learning more about subjects & themes that intersect with historical fiction I‘ve read.
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Catsandbooks Great review! ❤️🔥✊🏼 1d

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3h

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We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

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We Are All So Good at Smiling | Amber McBride

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Librarybelle My copy is waiting for me at the library! 4d

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AllDebooks This looks so good, struggling to get my hands on a copy, though 4d

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Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West | Katie Hickman

LaKota people

Indigenous people abused, killed, moved out of their land

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peanutnine As always, the history of violence against the indigenous peoples is so upsetting in its cruelty 💔 5d

AmyG Human beings are so very cruel. 5d

mhillis Yes and all the buffalo herds killed too. The folk tale from Old Lady Horse about their disappearance was something I‘d never heard before (edited) 4d

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Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West | Katie Hickman

A few of the women talked about

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Butterfinger I had to google olive. At first glance, I thought the post was horror-then the sadistic person who did experiments on enslaved people in New Orleans. I didn't know there had been an indigenous people who tattoos. 5d

peanutnine These were some of the more interesting characters that I was glad to learn more about. Mrs Nash's story was a great example of how trans people have always existed and found ways to survive in the world 5d

Catsandbooks @peanutnine Their story was one that really stood out to me! 2d

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Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West | Katie Hickman

so-so

I just thought this was OK. I thought it focused too much on white groups, but what did everyone else think?

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TheBookHippie I bailed I tried three times and gave up 😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 5d

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Catsandbooks @TheBookHippie I wanted to but I'm leading the group 🙃 5d

AllDebooks I bailed too 5d

Bookwormjillk I‘m having trouble getting through this one too. It‘s not due at the library yet so I‘ll keep trying. 5d

peanutnine I finished it, but probably because I listened to the audiobook so was able to zone out a bit at the more tedious bits 😅 5d

Skygoddess1 I bailed on this one. 5d

Laughterhp Oops! Forgot to read this one. 5d

mhillis I‘ve finished reading it!! omg the chapters on cholera and the Donner Party!! But I learned a lot from the last couple of chapters especially, for example about the lives of Chinese women brought to San Francisco. 4d

Catsandbooks @Bookwormjillk you could definitely skim or skip to the last few chapters which I thought were more interesting 2d

Catsandbooks @peanutnine audiobook was a savior for this one 🫠 2d

Catsandbooks @mhillis yes the last couple chapters were much better than the rest of the book 😂 2d

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