Gender and generation on the far western frontier
By: Cynthia Culver Prescott.
Series: Women's western voices
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816525430
Subjects: Women pioneers -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Pioneers -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Rural families -- Willamette River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley; Farm life -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Sex role -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Intergenerational relations -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Middle class -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Willamette River Valley (Or.) -- History -- 19th century; Willamette River Valley (Or.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fashioning women and men on the frontier; title: Masculine providers and manly men; title: Love, power, and marital choice; title: Refining the domestic sphere; title: New roles for "new women"; title: Remembering and reinventing Oregon pioneers.