Western Women's Lives: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century
- ISBN-10
- 082632245X
- ISBN-13
- 9780826322456
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 440
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- UNM Press
- Author
- Sandra Schackel
Description
An anthology of essays about 20th-century women living in the western U.S., showing that the image of the pioneer woman has been replaced not with another dominant one, but with many.
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