The first account of how and why pioneer women altered their self-images and their views of American Indians.

In 1984, when Glenda Riley's 'Women and Indians on the Frontier' was published, it was hailed for being the first study to take into account the roles that gend

Contains letters, journals, and reminiscences showing the impact of the frontier on women's lives and the role of women in the West.

Long before Rachel Carson?s fight against pesticides placed female environmental activists in the national spotlight, women were involved in American environmen

When the first edition of this groundbreaking survey of U.S. women’s history first appeared in 1986, no one could have predicted its spectacular success and w