The Female Frontier: A Comparative View of Women on the Prairie and the Plains

by Glenda Riley

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This book introduces the important concept of a female frontier--a frontier "every bit as real and coherent, as, for example, the mining frontier." It gives us a new understanding of western women's shared experiences and of the full implications of their participation in America's westward movement.

Riley has reconstructed women's roles and concerns from census data, legal proceedings, newspaper accounts, local histories, essays, sermons,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0700604243

ISBN13:9780700604241

Release Date:April 1988

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:299 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Americas History Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Women in History Women's Studies

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