Women in Pacific Northwest history / edited by Karen J. Blair.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blair, Karen J., editor.

Series:

McLellan Endowed Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century.

Women--Northwest, Pacific--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Washington ; London, [England] : University of Washington Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new edition of Karen Blair’s popular anthology originally published in 1989 includes thirteen essays, eight of which are new. Together they suggest the wide spectrum of women’s experiences that make up a vital part of Northwest history.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part 1 - New Directions for Research""; ""Tied To Other Lives: Women in Pacific Northwest History - Susan Armitage""; ""Part 2 - Politics and Law""; ""Of Women's Rights and Freedom: Abigail Scott Duniway - Ruth Barnes Moynihan""; ""The Fight for Woman Suffrage and the Oregon Press - Lauren Kessler""; """His Face Is Weak and Sensual": Portland and the Whipping Post Law - David Peterson Del Mar""; ""Part 3 - Work""; ""Working-Class Feminism and the Family Wage Ideal: The Seattle Debate on Married Women's Right to Work, 1914-1920 - Maurine Weiner Greenwald""

""Bertha Knight Landes: The Woman Who Was Mayor - Doris H. Pieroth""""The Job He Left Behind: Women in the Shipyards During World War II - Karen Beck Skold""; ""Part 4 - Race and Ethnicity""; ""The Role of Native Women in the Creation of Fur Trade Society in Western Canada, 1670-1830 - Sylvia Van Kirk""; ""A Chicana in Northern Aztlán: An Oral History of Dora Sánchez Treviño - Jerry García""; ""Gender Equality on the Colville Indian Reservation in Traditional and Contemporary Contexts - Lillian A. Ackerman""; ""Part 5 - The Arts""

""Quilts in the Lives of Women Who Migrated to the Northwest, 1850-1990: A Visual Record - Mary Bywater Cross""""The Seattle Ladies Musical Club,1890-1930 - Karen J. Blair""; ""Tsugiki, a Grafting: A History of a Japanese Pioneer Woman in Washington State - Gail M. Nomura""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

"A McClellan book."

Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295805801

0295805803

OCLC:

882104870