What is the author's tone in Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier by Joanna Stratton?

Author Joanna L. Stratton's tone could be described as sympathetic, but also matter-of-fact. Introductory and closing paragraphs (in chapters) are usually a time for Stratton to reveal subjectivity, sympathy, and emotion. In these paragraphs, she might praise pioneer women for their hardiness or strength of character, lament the dangers frontier families had to endure, or rue the abolitionist debate that would tear communities apart. Stratton clearly wants the reader on the side of the pioneer women, inviting the reader to walk a proverbial mile in the shoes of the pioneers.