Mothers and Daughters on the Western Frontier

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11241592
AutoresLillian Schlissel (autor correspondente)
Ano1978
Volume3
Fascículo2
Páginas29
Data de publicação1978-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers A Journal of Women Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0160-9009 • E-ISSN: 1536-0334
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3346396
OpenAlexW2318469629
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas4

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 wholly known at all. One of these new areas is the question of ethnicity and ethnic settlements on the frontier, and the other is the study of women's history. The women's movement of the past two decades has served to suggest that the frontier was a place where women, as well as men, lived their lives. The questions attendant upon so simple a perception abound, for if the frontier was a constellation of conditions and circumstances so unique that it affected American character and American political and social institutions, we also must ask how this same frontier influenced the structure of the family. We must frame research so that we can explore the modifications of social and sex roles that were

Archaeology · Ethnic group · Frontier · Genealogy · Human settlement · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law