Lillian Schlissel
Biographic Data
| ID | 680276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lillian Schlissel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lillian |
| FAMILY NAME | Schlissel |
| SIGNATURE | SCHLISSEL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brooklyn College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mae west and the 'queer plays
The article explores the history of three of the plays Mae West wrote and staged on Broadway between 1926 and 1928. Sex, in which West played a prostitute, offered the ‘fallen woman' a happy ending; The Drag and The Pleasure Man, plays about homosexuality, were staged with gay actors playing themselves. All three plays were closed by the police. Although West is seldom taken seriously as a playwright, the article argues that the three plays had p…
The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843-1900
Journal Article The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843–1900 Get access The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843–1900. By Williams Jacqueline B.. (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1996. xix + 215 pp. Illustrations, appendix, notes, index. $29.95, cloth; $18.95, paper.) Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College, CUNY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Qua…
Impertinent Women and Powerful Men: A Long View of Burlesque
HORRIBLE PRETTINESS BEGINS WITH THE ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK IN i868 OF Lydia Thompson and her company British blondes. women were of the purest type, saucy, blue-eyed, golden-haired girls in breeches roles and pink tights (14). They brought from the London Music Hall a scripted satire called Ixion about divorce among the British upper class, and they added mix flimflam, songs, cheeky jokes, the Parisian can can, a fashion called the grecian bend, and…
Far from Home: Families of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Far from Home: Families of the Westward Journey. By Lillian Schlilssel, Byrd Gibbens, and Elizabeth Hampsten. (New York: Schocken, 1989. xviii + 264 pp. $19.95.) Get access Gloria Ricci Lothrop Gloria Ricci Lothrop California State Polytechnic University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2, September 1990, Pages 685–686, https://doi.org/10.2307/20…
Far from Home: Families of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Far From Home: Families of the Westward Journey Get access Far From Home: Families of the Westward Journey. By Schlissel Lillian Gibbens Byrd Hampsten Elizabeth. (New York: Schoken Books, 1989. xviii + 264 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $19.95.) Susan C. Peterson Susan C. Peterson University of North Dakota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 2, …
Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives
Journal Article Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives Get access Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives. Edited by Schlissel Lillian Ruiz Vicki L. Monk Janice. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. vi + 354 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, index. $27.50, cloth; $14.95, paper.) Sandra Schackel Sandra Schackel Boise State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly…
Growing up with the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier
Journal Article Growing Up with the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier Get access Growing Up with the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier. By West Elliott. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989. xxiv + 343 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $32.50, cloth; $16.95, paper.) Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College-CUNY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google…
Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives
In recent years the study of western history has been transformed by scholarship on the actual experiences of the women who settled the West. The essays gathered here, first presented in a 1984 conference sponsored by the South-west Institute for Research on Women, analyse and interpret this new body of research. Each essay is accompanied by several commentaries that reveal the complex multicultural character of the West through the experience of…
Letters from Honeyhill: A Woman's View of Homesteading, 1914-1931
A Scattered People: An American Family Moves West
Journal Article A Scattered People: An American Family Moves West. By Gerald W. McFarland. (New York: Pantheon, 1985. xxii + 280 pp. Map, illustrations, chart, notes, sources, and index. $17.95.) Get access Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College, CUNY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 1, June 1986, Pages 224–225, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903689 Publ…
The Gentle Tamers in Transition: Women in the Trans-Mississippi West
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey Get access Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey. By Schlissel Lillian. (New York: Shocken Books, 1982. 262 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $16.95.) Paula Petrik Paula Petrik Montana State University, Smithsonian Institution Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 15, Issue 3, July 1984, Page…
Family and Divorce in California, 1850-1890: Victorian Illusions and Everyday Realities
Journal Article Family and Divorce in California, 1850–1890: Victorian Illusions and Everyday Realities. By Robert L. Griswold. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. xii + 254 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $34.50; paper, $9.95.) Get access Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College, CUNY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American…
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey. By Lillian Schlissel. (New York: Schocken, 1982. ix + 262 pp. Map, illustrations, tables, notes, overland diaries and other primary sources, and index. $16.95.) Get access Glenda Riley Glenda Riley University of Northern Iowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 3, December 1982, Pages 703–704, https://doi.org…
Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1880
Journal Article Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–1880 Get access Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–1880. By Jeffrey Julie Roy. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1979. xvi + 240 pp. Bibliography, index. $5.95, paper.) Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College-City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 11, Issue 4, Octobe…
Mothers and Daughters on the Western Frontier
Regarding the frontier, we must know every trail followed, every cut-off taken, every Indian skirmish fought, and every piece of legislation passed that affected the course of western history. We seem to have come to the point where western history must turn in on itself and re-tell stories that are already known. Having arrived at this point, we find two new areas of research open to tell us that what we thought we knew too well, we have not who…
John Quidor in New York
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey. By Lillian Schlissel. (New York: Schocken, 1982. ix + 262 pp. Map, illustrations, tables, notes, overland diaries and other primary sources, and index. $16.95.) Get access Glenda Riley Glenda Riley University of Northern Iowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 3, December 1982, Pages 703–704, https://doi.org…
John Quidor in New York
Mothers and Daughters on the Western Frontier
Regarding the frontier, we must know every trail followed, every cut-off taken, every Indian skirmish fought, and every piece of legislation passed that affected the course of western history. We seem to have come to the point where western history must turn in on itself and re-tell stories that are already known. Having arrived at this point, we find two new areas of research open to tell us that what we thought we knew too well, we have not who…
Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1880
Journal Article Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–1880 Get access Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–1880. By Jeffrey Julie Roy. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1979. xvi + 240 pp. Bibliography, index. $5.95, paper.) Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College-City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 11, Issue 4, Octobe…
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey. By Lillian Schlissel. (New York: Schocken, 1982. ix + 262 pp. Map, illustrations, tables, notes, overland diaries and other primary sources, and index. $16.95.) Get access Glenda Riley Glenda Riley University of Northern Iowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 3, December 1982, Pages 703–704, https://doi.org…
Family and Divorce in California, 1850-1890: Victorian Illusions and Everyday Realities
Journal Article Family and Divorce in California, 1850–1890: Victorian Illusions and Everyday Realities. By Robert L. Griswold. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. xii + 254 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $34.50; paper, $9.95.) Get access Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College, CUNY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American…
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey Get access Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey. By Schlissel Lillian. (New York: Shocken Books, 1982. 262 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $16.95.) Paula Petrik Paula Petrik Montana State University, Smithsonian Institution Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 15, Issue 3, July 1984, Page…
The Gentle Tamers in Transition: Women in the Trans-Mississippi West
A Scattered People: An American Family Moves West
Journal Article A Scattered People: An American Family Moves West. By Gerald W. McFarland. (New York: Pantheon, 1985. xxii + 280 pp. Map, illustrations, chart, notes, sources, and index. $17.95.) Get access Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College, CUNY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 1, June 1986, Pages 224–225, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903689 Publ…
Letters from Honeyhill: A Woman's View of Homesteading, 1914-1931
Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives
In recent years the study of western history has been transformed by scholarship on the actual experiences of the women who settled the West. The essays gathered here, first presented in a 1984 conference sponsored by the South-west Institute for Research on Women, analyse and interpret this new body of research. Each essay is accompanied by several commentaries that reveal the complex multicultural character of the West through the experience of…
Far from Home: Families of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Far from Home: Families of the Westward Journey. By Lillian Schlilssel, Byrd Gibbens, and Elizabeth Hampsten. (New York: Schocken, 1989. xviii + 264 pp. $19.95.) Get access Gloria Ricci Lothrop Gloria Ricci Lothrop California State Polytechnic University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2, September 1990, Pages 685–686, https://doi.org/10.2307/20…
Far from Home: Families of the Westward Journey
Journal Article Far From Home: Families of the Westward Journey Get access Far From Home: Families of the Westward Journey. By Schlissel Lillian Gibbens Byrd Hampsten Elizabeth. (New York: Schoken Books, 1989. xviii + 264 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $19.95.) Susan C. Peterson Susan C. Peterson University of North Dakota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 2, …
Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives
Journal Article Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives Get access Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives. Edited by Schlissel Lillian Ruiz Vicki L. Monk Janice. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. vi + 354 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, index. $27.50, cloth; $14.95, paper.) Sandra Schackel Sandra Schackel Boise State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly…
Growing up with the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier
Journal Article Growing Up with the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier Get access Growing Up with the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier. By West Elliott. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989. xxiv + 343 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $32.50, cloth; $16.95, paper.) Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College-CUNY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google…
Impertinent Women and Powerful Men: A Long View of Burlesque
HORRIBLE PRETTINESS BEGINS WITH THE ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK IN i868 OF Lydia Thompson and her company British blondes. women were of the purest type, saucy, blue-eyed, golden-haired girls in breeches roles and pink tights (14). They brought from the London Music Hall a scripted satire called Ixion about divorce among the British upper class, and they added mix flimflam, songs, cheeky jokes, the Parisian can can, a fashion called the grecian bend, and…
The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843-1900
Journal Article The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843–1900 Get access The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843–1900. By Williams Jacqueline B.. (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1996. xix + 215 pp. Illustrations, appendix, notes, index. $29.95, cloth; $18.95, paper.) Lillian Schlissel Lillian Schlissel Brooklyn College, CUNY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Qua…
Mae west and the 'queer plays
The article explores the history of three of the plays Mae West wrote and staged on Broadway between 1926 and 1928. Sex, in which West played a prostitute, offered the ‘fallen woman' a happy ending; The Drag and The Pleasure Man, plays about homosexuality, were staged with gay actors playing themselves. All three plays were closed by the police. Although West is seldom taken seriously as a playwright, the article argues that the three plays had p…
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