WOMEN IN THE WEST: A Guide to Manuscript Sources

Armitage, Susan; Bannan, Helen; Morrissey, Katherine G. ; Ruiz, Vicki L.

ISBN 10: 0824042980 / ISBN 13: 9780824042981

Published by Garland Publishing, New York, 1991

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The cover has some minor surface wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WOMEN IN THE WEST: A Guide to Manuscript Sources
• Publisher: Garland Publishing, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824042980
• ISBN 13: 9780824042981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Not Stated
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Western Americana
  • Women's Studies

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Synopsis

A guide to repositories of women's manuscripts, letters, diaries, census data, oral histories, and photographs located in the 20 trans-Mississippian western states that achieved statehood after 1850. The guide is an explicit research aid in the study of a more inclusive women's history, one that considers gender, race, class, culture, and religion. Three centuries (1610-1910) of materials are listed. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.