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Lydia Sanderson writes about her life on Jump Off Creek in the higher mountain country of Oregon in 1895. She tells of friendship, loss, daily struggles, and achievements.

Beth Thatcher has spent her entire life in the safe, comfortable world of her family, her friends, and the social outings her father's wealth provides. Now she is about to leave it all behind to accept a teaching position in the rugged foothills of western Canada, resolved to put her trust in God and bravely face any challenges that come her way. But the conditions in Coal Valley are even worse than Beth had feared. And as she works to make a difference...

Why stick with plain old A, B, C when you can have Amelia (Earhart), Malala, Tina (Turner), Ruth (Bader Ginsburg), all the way to eXtraordinary You-and the Zillion of adventures you will go on?

From Aud the Deep-Minded to Malala Yousafzai, this illustrated collection introduces 50 diverse women who've pushed the boundaries of human excellence and endeavor to a new generation.

Four women in the isolated frontier territory go mad, and it is up to the unlikely combination of homesteader Mary Bee Cuddy and ne'er-do-well Briggs to escort them east to safety.

A series of seven five-minute shorts directed by women, made to celebrate Australia’s Bicentenary in 1988, depicting Australian women’s achievements and contributions to the social and welfare development of our country. The programs look at the sombre history of Aboriginal women since European colonisation through dance, voice and photographs. The previously unsung praises of women who pioneered the outback are orchestrated, and the stories of...

"Based on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this is the story of a remarkable woman who travels west in 1875 and marries the chief of the Cheyenne Nation. One thousand white women begins with May Dodd's journey west into the unknown. Yet the unknown is a far better fate than the life she left behind. Committed to an insane asylum by her blue-blood family for the crime of loving a man beneath her station, May finds that...

After all their dreaming and planning, Missy and her husband Willie La Haye are on the trail west leaving behind her beloved family; her memories are bittersweet as she faces the hardships of the westward trek--the rain, the mud, the impassable rivers, and even death.

Reunited with their daughter's family in the West, Marty and Clark Davis find their hope and faith tested by a tragic accident.