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The modern woman who tries to juggle private and public roles with equilibrium will discover a spiritual ancestor in Alice Kirk Grierson. The colonel's lady spent most of her life at army outposts on the nineteenth-century western frontier, where she faced the problems of raising a large family while fulfilling the duties of a commanding officer's wife. Fortunately for history, she left a large and extraordinarily candid correspondence, which has now been edited by the author.

Frontier and pioneer life --- Officers' spouses --- Officers' wives --- Military spouses --- Correspondence. --- Grierson, Alice Kirk, --- United States. --- U.S. Army --- US Army --- Military life --- History --- West (U.S.)