Physical Description |
xxiv, 277 pages, [16] pages of plates : photographs ; 25 cm. |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and index. |
Contents |
Home on the Range -- The Respectable Community -- Woman Rights -- Wyoming Makes History -- A Home of Her Own -- A Man's Education -- Women at Work -- An Ambitious Organization of Ladies -- "Do Everything" -- Women and the "Indian Question" -- Progressives and Populists -- Suffrage Central -- New Women Squared -- The East Looks West -- The Enfranchised West. |
Summary |
"The American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transformed the country in the process...Alongside their victories, Gallagher explores the women who were less privileged by race and class, the Native American, Hispanic, African-American, and Asian women, yet joined the fight for universal equality."-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Women -- Suffrage -- History.
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Women -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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