Title

Their Own Frontier: Women Intellectuals Re-Visioning The American West

Abstract

The writings of the American West have long dealt with masculine ideals. Well into the twentieth century, what little attention was afforded to women typically reflected prescribed or stereotyped roles, and the work of women scholars received less attention than that of men. And yet the early twentieth century saw a host of pioneering scholars who would not be ignored, erased, or marginalized. The ten women intellectuals showcased in this volume were pioneers in the writing of Indian-centered history, ethnology, and folklore that incorporated the insights, voices, and perspectives of American Indians. These authors not only produced significant works that are still useful to modern-day scholars; they also pioneered research methods and theoretical concepts that helped lay the foundation for the new scholarship on western history, American Indian studies, and ethnohistory. Noted scholars have provided individual biographies describing the struggles and contributions these foremothers made to the creation of late twentieth-century scholarship: Annie Heloise Abel, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša), Angie Debo, Ella Cara Deloria, Isabel T. Kelly, Marjorie Ferguson Lambert, Dorothea Cross Leighton, Alice Marriott, Mari Sandoz, and Ruth Underhill. © 2008 University of Nebraska Press. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Their Own Frontier: Women Intellectuals Re-Visioning the American West

Number of Pages

1-395

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84900641724 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84900641724

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