the book women

Ellen S. Woodward, May F. Stafford and the Pack Horse Library Project

The original caption of this photo touched me: “Completing her mission at a lonely mountain cabin, the Pack Horse Librarian turns up the trail toward similar cabins, where she is anxiously awaited." (image via The National Archives)

In the wilds of Appalachia, a group of intrepid women traveled hundreds of miles on horseback, making their way across icy …