The Women's West

Description:

A collection of scholarly essays presents a multi-dimensional portrait of western women, challenging the traditional images of frontier women as passive participants in male history by exploring the experiences of Indian women, servants, waitresses, prostitutes, women farmers, and more.

subjects: Women,  Frontier and pioneer life,  History,  Women pioneers,  Frontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.),  Femmes,  Histoire,  Vie des pionniers,  Aufsatzsammlung,  Geschichte,  Weststaaten,  Frau,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Women's Studies