Inspired by early prairie settler women's writings.

"I have no women to talk to so I will write [letters] to ease my brain."
Hilda Rose’s published memoir: The Stump Farm: A Chronicle of Pioneering, 1928.
Hilda came from Boston, Massachusetts, USA to Montana, and then to Fort Vermillion, Alberta, Canada. Her book is based on a series of her letter written to friends between 1919 and 1927, which were published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1928, the money from which allowed her and her husband to survive in one particularly difficult year.

"Feb 11, 1922: If we just had some neighbors, but we are three miles I think from the nearest. I have seen no women since fall."
Letter from Gertie Chase to her mother in Tonasket, Washington
Gertie Chase came from Tonasket, Washington, USA to the in Halcourt/Wapiti River area of Alberta, Canada in the 1920s.
Provincial Archives of Alberta #PR1973.0569

"September 1909: I know that if we went far enough we should come to a place of some friends where there were some women and I did so want to see a member of my own sex. I’m tired of undiluted mankind!"
Letter from Monika Hopkins’ to her friend Gill in England
Monika came from England to the Priddis, Alberta, Canada area in 1909.
Glenbow Archives M 536;M 5951;M 6189