Juni Fisher (www.junifisher.net) has several great songs..
one sweet one is "I Hope She'll Love me" about a couple who met
thru a singles ad. she is a great storyteller.

She sings from the female perspective and one powerful song
she does depicts two women doing laundry on opposite sides
of the river..one white, one Indian.

there are several songs about wild women of the west..

Chris Williamson has one about Calamity Jane...Queen of the plains..

the Red clay Ramblers have one about Annie Oakley

Woody Guthrie wrote one about Belle Starr the bandit queen