Book Synopsis
Esther "Pearl" McConnell was born in Kansas but moved with her family to Oklahoma in the early Land Rush days. She had a keen interest in writing and desire to improve herself. She was a remarkable women in the early 1900's of Oklahoma statehood, working as a school teacher, assistant school superintendent and as secretary to the Senate Pro Tem in the Oklahoma State Senate.
Pearl’s wrote hundreds of articles for Oklahoma newspapers about the early Oklahoma pioneers which give us that rich flavor of the hardships and joys of a little girl and young woman growing up in the Oklahoma Territory in a tumultuous and rowdy time in one of our last frontiers. These stories are a true treasure…. something we often miss when we are looking for information about our ancestors. Pearl provides us with insight into herself, her husband Jesse and her three boys. We also get a look at her passion and conviction in some of her political or Opinion pieces.