Portraits of Women in the American West

Portraits of Women in the American West
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 481
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ISBN-10 : 9781136076183
ISBN-13 : 1136076182
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Portraits of Women in the American West by : Dee Garceau-Hagen

Men are usually the heroes of Western stories, but women also played a crucial role in developing the American frontier, and their stories have rarely been told. This anthology of biographical essays on women promises new insight into gender in the 19C American West. The women featured include Asian Americans, African-Americans and Native American women, as well as their white counterparts. The original essays offer observations about gender and sexual violence, the subordinate status of women of color, their perseverance and influence in changing that status, a look at the gendered religious legacy that shaped Western Catholicism, and women in the urban and rural, industrial and agricultural West.

Portraits of Women in the American West

Portraits of Women in the American West
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 278
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781136076107
ISBN-13 : 1136076107
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Portraits of Women in the American West by : Dee Garceau-Hagen

Men are usually the heroes of Western stories, but women also played a crucial role in developing the American frontier, and their stories have rarely been told. This anthology of biographical essays on women promises new insight into gender in the 19C American West. The women featured include Asian Americans, African-Americans and Native American women, as well as their white counterparts. The original essays offer observations about gender and sexual violence, the subordinate status of women of color, their perseverance and influence in changing that status, a look at the gendered religious legacy that shaped Western Catholicism, and women in the urban and rural, industrial and agricultural West.

Tough by Nature

Tough by Nature
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Publisher : Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0871140993
ISBN-13 : 9780871140999
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Tough by Nature by : Lynda Lanker

Features portraits of female ranchers and cowgirls who live in the American West, and anecdotes about their daily lives and thoughts about the disappearance of their lifestyle.

In the American West

In the American West
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Publisher : Harry N Abrams Incorporated
Total Pages : 172
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0810911051
ISBN-13 : 9780810911055
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis In the American West by : Richard Avedon

A master of American fashion and art photography turns his artistry to capturing--in a series of photograph portraits--the cowboys, roustabouts, drifters, gamblers, bar girls, and others who characterize the modern Western experience

Portraits of American Women

Portraits of American Women
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 626
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ISBN-10 : 0195120485
ISBN-13 : 9780195120486
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Portraits of American Women by : G. J. Barker-Benfield

Until recently a "womanless" American history was the norm. But without a history of women we neglect gender dynamics, sex roles, and family relations--the very fundamentals of human interaction. Here 24 short essays locate the histories of women--from Pocahontas to Betty Friedan--and men together by period and provide a sense of their continuities through the whole gallery of the American past. 26 photos.

Women in the American West

Women in the American West
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 9781598840513
ISBN-13 : 1598840517
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Women in the American West by : Laura E. Woodworth-Ney

This engaging narrative synthesizes more than 20 years of historical writing on the history of women in the American West. Twenty years after many Western historians first turned their attention toward women, Women in the American West synthesizes the development of women's history in the region, introduces readers to current thinking on the real experiences of Western women, and explores their influence on the course of expansion and development since the 19th century. Women in the American West offers vivid portrayals of women as pioneers, prostitutes, teachers, disguised soldiers, nurses, entrepreneurs, immigrants, and ordinary citizens caught up in extraordinary times. Organized chronologically, each chapter emphasizes important themes central to gender and women's history, including women's mobility, women at home, wage labor, immigration, marriage, political participation, and involvement in wars at home and abroad. With this revealing volume, readers will see that women had a far more profound effect on the course of history in the Western United States than is commonly thought.

That Day

That Day
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9780300215397
ISBN-13 : 0300215398
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis That Day by : John Rohrbach

"Rather than the proverbial melting pot, Wilson asks us to recognize a West that is at least a place where, against a backdrop of aridity and expansive space, diverse lives can and do coexist." --John Rohrbach Renowned photographer Laura Wilson has captured the majesty, as well as the tragedy, of her home region of Texas and the wider West for more than three decades. A former assistant to Richard Avedon, she has published her work to wide acclaim over the past twenty-five years. As seen in this extraordinary book, Wilson's subjects range from legendary West Texas cattle ranches to impoverished Plains Indian reservations to lavish border-town cotillions. Also featured are compelling portraits of artists who are associated with the region, including Donald Judd, Ed Ruscha, and Sam Shepard. The unforgettable images in That Day, most of which are previously unpublished, tell sharply drawn stories of the people and places that have shaped, and continue to shape, the nation's most dynamic and unyielding land. Text from Wilson's journals accompanies the photographs, recalling her personal experiences behind the camera at the moment when a particular image was captured. With her incisive eye, Wilson casts a fresh light on the West--a topic of enduring fascination.

Straight West

Straight West
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Publisher : Globe Pequot
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1585740543
ISBN-13 : 9781585740543
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Straight West by : Verlyn Klinkenborg

This volume contains 90 striking bandw photographs about the deep interior of the American west, a place where people are defined by their relations to animals and the land. In this chronicle of the everyday life of the last remaining cowboys, photographer Smith and author Klinkenborg capture a world of ranch-work, self-reliance, and hard-won trust. Oversize: 10.25x10.50". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Cowgirls

Cowgirls
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Publisher : ZON International Publishing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0939549182
ISBN-13 : 9780939549184
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Cowgirls by : Elizabeth Clair Flood

Illustrated with more than 450 color photographs and historic images, this book pays tribute to the life and legacy of the pioneer woman in the American West, who worked on ranches, performed in Wild West shows, and competed in the rodeo arena.

New Women in the Old West

New Women in the Old West
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 321
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780735223271
ISBN-13 : 0735223270
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis New Women in the Old West by : Winifred Gallagher

A riveting and previously untold history of the American West, as seen by the pioneering women who advocated for their rights amidst challenges of migration and settlement, and transformed the country in the process Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by adventure, opportunity, and the spirit of Manifest Destiny. These settlers soon realized that survival in a new society required women to compromise eastern sensibilities and take on some of their husbands’ responsibilities. At a time when women had very few legal or economic--much less political--rights, these women soon proved just as essential as men to westward expansion. During the mid-nineteenth century, the traditional domestic model of womanhood shifted to include public service, with the women of the West becoming town mothers who established schools, churches, and philanthropies, while also coproviding for their families. They claimed their own homesteads and graduated from new, free coeducational colleges that provided career alternatives to marriage. In 1869, the men of the Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote--partly to persuade more of them to move west--but with this victory in hand, western suffragists fought relentlessly until the rest of the region followed suit. By 1914 western women became the first American women to vote--a right still denied to women in every eastern state. In New Women in the Old West, Winifred Gallagher brings to life the riveting history of the little-known women--the White, Black, and Asian settlers, and the Native Americans and Hispanics they displaced--who played monumental roles in one of America's most transformative periods. Drawing on an extraordinary collection of research, Gallagher weaves together the striking legacy of the persistent individuals who not only created homes on weather-wracked prairies, but also played a vital, unrecognized role in the women's rights movement and forever redefined the "American woman."