Mothers and Daughters on the Western Frontier

Bibliographic Data

ID11241592
AuthorsLillian Schlissel (corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume3
Issue2
Pages29
Publication date1978-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers A Journal of Women Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0160-9009 • E-ISSN: 1536-0334
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3346396
OpenAlexW2318469629
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited4

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