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This information-laden book,written for the general public interested in the pioneer life in Iowa and the average woman on the American frontier, focuses on the reality of frontierswomen's daily lives. The women themselves reveal what they were doing and thinking doing this period through their letters, diaries, journals, and other writing. Particular attention is paid to the women who came to Iowa in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Glenda Riley emphasizes and brings to life women's true contribution to the frontier. She stresses the economic contribution of women to western settlement and development and destroys the many myths and stereotypes regarding frontier women. Diaries and letters are blended with more formal data such as contemporary newspapers, census reports, and the secondary accounts. "The goal is to portray the lives of real frontierswomen and challenge the legitimacy of the colorful but inauthentic typologies of them."
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Frontierswomen: the Iowa experience
1994, Iowa State University Press
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Frontierswomen: The Iowa Experience
1981, Iowa State University Press
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Bibliography: p. 201-206.
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