Westward the Women is a 1951 American western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel and John McIntire.

Among the 140 women he convinces are the widowed middle-aged Patience (Hope Emerson), the pregnant and unmarried Rose Meyers (Beverly Dennis), and former showgirls Fifi Dannon (Denise Darcel) and Laurie Smith (Julie Bishop).

Kentaro Ito (Henry Hiroshi Nakamura), a determined and diminutive Japanese man, persuades Buck to take him on as the cook.

While Roy wants to turn back, they are halfway to their destination and Buck believes they can finish the difficult journey if they train the women how to defend themselves.

At the edge of the desert, Buck orders the women to leave behind the furniture and fancy clothing to lighten the wagon loads.

Not wanting to meet their future spouses in tattered clothing, the women demand Buck bring them materials to fashion new dresses.

Mrs. Moroni meets an Italian citrus farmer and Rose and her newborn are greeted warmly by the man she chose.

Frank Capra, who receives story credit, originally intended to do this film himself; he'd always wanted to make a western, hopefully with Gary Cooper, but Paramount wasn't interested.