New Women in the Old West
Winifred Gallagher
A riveting history of 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
Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by the prospect of adventure and opportunity, and galvanized by the spirit of Manifest Destiny. Alongside this rapid expansion of the United States, a second, overlapping social shift was taking place: survival in a settler society busy building itself from scratch required two equally hardworking partners, compelling women to compromise eastern sensibilities and take on some of the same responsibilities as their husbands. At a time when women had very few legal or economic—much less political—rights, these women soon proved they were just as essential as men to westward expansion. Their efforts to attain equality by...
Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by the prospect of adventure and opportunity, and galvanized by the spirit of Manifest Destiny. Alongside this rapid expansion of the United States, a second, overlapping social shift was taking place: survival in a settler society busy building itself from scratch required two equally hardworking partners, compelling women to compromise eastern sensibilities and take on some of the same responsibilities as their husbands. At a time when women had very few legal or economic—much less political—rights, these women soon proved they were just as essential as men to westward expansion. Their efforts to attain equality by...
年:
2021
出版社:
Penguin Publishing Group
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
0735223262
ISBN 13:
9780735223264
文件:
EPUB, 23.33 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2021