SWEETWATER COUNTY — The author of a book featuring profiles of three Sweetwater County women will talk about the book at a presentation tonight at White Mountain Library.

Jackson-based photographer Lindsay Linton Buk will discuss her book, “Women Shaping the West: Stories from Wyoming,” at 6 p.m. The book features profiles of 25 Wyoming women, including profiles of Sweetwater County residents Rev. Dr. Bernadine “Bernie” Craft, Mary A. “Mickey” Thoman, and Hillary Walrath. Buk said she did not set out to include three women from one county, saying she tried to represent a broad range of geography and industry across the state, but it just happened to work out that three of the 25 came from the area.

Craft, an Episcopal priest and former state senator, is featured in the second chapter, titled “Filling the Void.” Buk said she wanted that chapter to move beyond cultural hubs such as Casper, Jackson, Laramie and Cheyenne. As someone who had mostly driven through Rock Springs on Interstate 80, she said she wanted to look more closely at the community. Buk called Craft the “Queen of Rock Springs” and a champion for both the city and the state.

Thoman, the matriarch of the WM Thoman Ranch in Sweetwater County, is featured in the third chapter, “Power,” which looks at matriarchal leadership. Buk said Thoman’s story is about sheep ranching, once a booming Wyoming industry, and about Thoman and her daughters running their ranch on their homestead. Buk said she documented the family as they prepared to go to sheep camp.

Walrath, a Green River resident, is a restoration program manager for Trout Unlimited and a wildlife biologist. She is featured in the fourth chapter, “Rising,” and founded the Seedskadee Women’s Fly Fishing Float. Buk said Walrath’s story highlights her work with ranchers and landowners to find solutions that benefit wildlife, and noted that Walrath and the Thomans often work together.

At the signing, Buk will read from the book, give a short presentation on the project and sign copies.

The book includes more than 100 photographs, along with a section on Wyoming’s 1869 suffrage legislation developed with two historians and 20 historical vignettes of Wyoming women. It is the final piece of a project that began in December 2016 with five portraits and a podcast.