Frontierswomen: The Iowa Experience

By Glenda Riley

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking study, Riley portrays the role of women on the frontier and places them in their broader social and cultural context. It explores the economic contributions of women to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813814707
• ISBN13: 9780813814704
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Iowa State University Press
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good scholarship, and a fascinating read, too!

I found this book well researched, well-written, and absolutely fascinating. It describes the lives and contributions of women on the frontier, as Iowa was in the 1840's through 1870. It covers women's work, their homes, their family lives, their work outside the home -- I found particularly interesting the study of the impact of the Civil War on women's lives, and of women's work to support the war effort. Since most histories of the frontier experience concentrate on men, this work fills a gap by illuminating a largely ignored facet.