Ethel Waxham's letters and journals provide a rich portrait of the American West of the early 1900s and of the limitations facing educated women of that period. The first-person sources create a historical context for issues still pertinent to women facing problems of employment, education, and social change. John McPhee excerpted portions of Waxham's journals in Rising From the Plains. Lady's Choice presents the complete journal and Waxham's extensive correspondence, revealing her decision in 1905 to accept a teaching job at a one-room school in Wyoming, her five-year courtship by John Love, and her attempts, as well as those of her college-educated friends, to pursue higher education and a career.
- ISBN10 0826313930
- ISBN13 9780826313935
- Publish Date 1 June 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of New Mexico Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 394
- Language English