Women Writing The West 30th Anniversary Conference
“Through A Woman’s Eyes”
October 10-12, 2024 in Denver, CO
I am Honored to be presenting a workshop at this years WWW conference titled:
“Arrows, Bullets, Stampedes . . . and Skirts; A woman’s vision for keeping the West alive. How to incorporate frontier medicine into your writing”.
COME JOIN ME FOR THIS INFORMATIVE WORKSHOP
Tortuous travel lay ahead for these dreamers with promises of a better life at the end of their journey. Women who crisscrossed the unforgiving lands with their families did so with a heightened sense of survival, sheer grit, and tenacity.
Having a “doctor” [of sorts] accompany the travelers was extremely rare. And when they did, those proposing to be doctors might have had little to no real medical training that was available at the time. Rightfully so, travelers were weary of seeking “medical” advice and relied on their familiar and traditional methods of treatments.
Without a full understanding of human anatomy and how the body functioned, women on the frontier used natural remedies and crude techniques that were passed down through generations. Be it poultices, herbs, tinctures, and rough surgical procedures, this knowledge was critical for keeping their family and fellow travelers alive during the Westward migration.
Deborah Swenson is an award-winning author of Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy, and Till My Last Day, Book Two in the Desert Hills Trilogy. New England-born and Northwest-raised, she is at home writing from an island in the Pacific Northwest. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees as a Registered Nurse and an Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
All Are Welcome
Join this Welcoming Group and receive the inspiration you hoped for to begin or continue your writing career.
