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Stagecoach Women
Author | : Cheryl Mullenbach |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2020-02-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781493042609 |
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The Surprising Story of the Plucky Drivers, Shrewd Owners, and Ruthless Robbers Who Snubbed the Rules As pervasive as stagecoaches (popularly known as shake-guts) were in the early years of America, it shouldn’t be surprising that women who possessed a significant dose of grit and an ounce of entrepreneurial spirit engaged in one way or another in stagecoach enterprises. Though their contributions to stagecoach history were often overlooked, women drove stagecoaches, groomed and shod the stage horses, hoisted mailbags and boxes of gold bullion, negotiated contracts, bought and managed stage lines, defended (with their six-shooters) their cargo from bandits, and robbed stages in addition to fulfilling their traditional roles as housekeepers, cooks, and laundresses—and, oh yes, mothers to multiple children. Stagecoach Women offers an expansive overview of stagecoach history in the United States enriched by the personal stories of women who contributed to the evolution and success of a captivating facet of American history. Prepare for a teeth-rattling, romance-shattering journey that jolts away preconceived notions about women and stagecoaches and surprises with its twists and turns.
The Searchers
Author | : Arthur M. Eckstein,Peter Lehman |
Publsiher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Film criticism |
ISBN | : 0814330568 |
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A series of in-depth examinations of the motion picture many consider to be Hollywood's finest western film.
Pioneer Women
Author | : Joanna L. Stratton |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2013-05-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781476753591 |
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From a rediscovered collection of autobiographical accounts written by hundreds of Kansas pioneer women in the early twentieth century, Joanna Stratton has created a collection hailed by Newsweek as “uncommonly interesting” and “a remarkable distillation of primary sources.” Never before has there been such a detailed record of women’s courage, such a living portrait of the women who civilized the American frontier. Here are their stories: wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders, and circuit riders. Their personal recollections of prairie fires, locust plagues, cowboy shootouts, Indian raids, and blizzards on the plains vividly reveal the drama, danger and excitement of the pioneer experience. These were women of relentless determination, whose tenacity helped them to conquer loneliness and privation. Their work was the work of survival, it demanded as much from them as from their men—and at last that partnership has been recognized. “These voices are haunting” (The New York Times Book Review), and they reveal the special heroism and industriousness of pioneer women as never before.
Women in the Western
Author | : Matheson Sue Matheson |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2020-07-31 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781474444163 |
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In Westerns, women transmit complicated cultural coding about the nature of westward expansionism, heroism, family life, manliness and American femininity. As the genre changes and matures, depictions of women have transitioned from traditional to more modern roles. Frontier Feminine charts these significant shifts in the Western's transmission of gender values and expectations and aims to expand the critical arena in which Western film is situated by acknowledging the importance of women in this genre.
Women With Attitude
Author | : John Bank,Susan Vinnicombe |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781134445240 |
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Bringing individual success stories together with expert research into the emergence of women entrepreneurs, aspects of leadership, and boardroom politics, this fascinating insight is a must-read for those seeking inspiration and advice.
Women and Indians on the Frontier 1825 1915
Author | : Glenda Riley |
Publsiher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0826307809 |
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The first account of how and why pioneer women altered their self-images and their views of American Indians.
Hollywood s Women of Action
Author | : Philip Caudrey |
Publsiher | : Austin Macauley Publishers |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 2024-04-26 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781398447196 |
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The ‘action heroine’ has never been more popular than she is today, with the likes of The Hunger Games (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Wonder Woman (2017) granting her a newfound prominence in Hollywood filmmaking. When most knowledgeable action fans think of the action heroine historically, however, they tend to do so through the prism of her most iconic characters: Emma Peel in the 1960s; Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman in the 1970s; Ripley and Sarah Connor in the 1980s; Xena Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the 1990s; and, of course, the likes of Hermione Granger, Katniss Everdeen, Imperator Furiosa and Princess Diana in modern times. Yet, the action heroine’s epic journey goes back much further than this. Indeed, it has its origins in the earliest days of cinema, amongst the serial-queens of the early silent-era, and the fleeting cowgirls, swordswomen, and jungle-girls of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’ in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. This book is about that epic journey. It traces the action heroine’s century-long struggle for legitimacy and respect, beginning with the silent-era serial, The Perils of Pauline (1914), and ending with the big-budget action-blockbusters of today. This book asks why the action heroine’s path towards acceptability on mainstream film and television has proven such a long and tortuous one, why she is so hated by a vocal minority of male action fans, and how she has overcome the conservativism of the Hollywood system to at last forge a reputation for herself as a genuinely viable protagonist on both the big and small screens?
African American Women of the Old West
Author | : Tricia Martineau Wagner |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2007-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781461748427 |
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The brave pioneers who made a life on the frontier were not only male—and they were not only white. The story of African-American women in the Old West is one that has largely gone untold--until now. The story of ten African-American women is reconstructed from historic documents found in century-old archives. The ten remarkable women in African American Women of the Old West were all born before 1900, some were slaves, some were free, and some lived both ways during their lifetime. Among them were laundresses, freedom advocates, journalists, educators, midwives, business proprietors, religious converts, philanthropists, mail and freight haulers, and civil and social activists.