Daughters of Midas - Pioneer Women of the Eastern Goldfields by Norma King

Daughters of Midas is the first factual book to focus on the goldfields' women of the 1888-1914 era. There are stories of the first arrivals, pioneer nurses, lady doctors, the first bride, miners' wives, rich men's wives, the wife of an American President-to-be, early feminists, women on pastoral properties, barmaids, entertainers, the Japanese and French prostitutes and those other nationalities who established the well-known and notorious brothels in Hay Street, Kalgoorlie. 

"Most of the women in this book are feisty, pragmatic, strong women, independent and resourceful and, I suspect, as attracted to the life of adventure on the goldfields as their menfolk were." - Heather Nimmo

"The book is not only intended to inform but also to entertain." - Norma King