Writing the Range
Subtitle: Race, Class, and Culture in the Women's West
Contributors: Elizabeth Jameson (Editor); Susan Armitage (Editor)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: April 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9780806129297
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Indigenous peoples; Women's studies; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Sociology; U.S. Local History - Western United States; Women In The U.S.; Women's Studies - History; Social Science; History - General History; Women; USA; Western & Pacific Coast states; United States - 19th Century/Old West; History; Women's Studies - General; Frontier and pioneer life; Minority women; West (U.S.)
First sentence: Susan Armitage opened the first Women's West Conference in 1983 with a description of "Hisland"-a mythic place perpetuated in western history texts and survey courses, where seldom was heard a discouraging word, and never a woman's voice.