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: Paperback
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9780806129525
Subjects: Feminism; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Indigenous peoples; Women's Studies - General; Sociology; Women In The U.S.; Social Science; History - General History; USA; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Women's Studies - History; History; Frontier and pioneer life; Minority women; West (U.S.); Women
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.