Plains Woman: The Diary of Martha Farnsworth, 1882–1922

"Among the numerous diaries published recently as scholars probe women s history, Farnsworth s is a real find." Sally Mitchell

"The publication now of books like Martha Farnsworth s has contributed to radical revisions of women s history and reassessment of women s skills as writers." Elizabeth Hampsten

"... superb edition of the diary of Kansas pioneer Martha Farnsworth... a fact-filled, revealing account of an extraordinary-but-ordinary woman... " American Quarterly

"... the inside story of a women s life in the middle of America... " Bloomsbury Review

A Kansas teacher, housewife, photographer, and suffragist, Martha Farnsworth compulsively recorded her life in middle America during a period of tremendous social and cultural change.