Women in Utah History

by Scott, Patricia Lyn; Thatcher, Linda; Whetstone, Susan Allred

• ISBN13: 9780874216240
• ISBN10: 0874216249
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Utah State Univ Pr

Summary

A project of the Utah Women's History Association and cosponsored by the Utah State Historical Society, Paradigm or Paradox provides the first thorough survey of the complicated history of all Utah women. Some of the finest historians studying Utah examine the spectrum of significant social and cultural topics in the state's history that particularly have involved or affected women.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Polygamous and Monogamous Mormon Women: A Comparison	1	(35)
Jessie L. Embry
Lois Kelley
Innovation and Accommodation: The Legal Status of Women in Territorial Utah, 1850--1896	36	(46)
Lisa Madsen Pearson
Carol Cornwall Madsen
Conflict and Contributions: Women in Churches, 1847--1920	82	(47)
John Sillito
Ethnic Women, 1900--1940	129	(25)
Helen Z. Papanikolas
The Professionalization of Farm Women, 1890--1940	154	(29)
Cynthia Sturgis
Gainfully Employed Women, 1896--1950	183	(40)
Miriam B. Murphy
From Schoolmarm to State Superintendent: The Changing Role of Women in Education, 1847--2004	223	(26)
Mary R. Clark
Patricia Lyn Scott
Scholarship, Service, and Sisterhood: Women's Clubs and Associations, 1877--1977	249	(46)
Jill Mulvay Derr
Women of Letters: A Unique Literary Tradition	295	(29)
Gary Topping
Women in the Arts: Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions	324	(36)
Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans
Women in Politics: Power in the Public Sphere	360	(34)
Kathryn L. MacKay
Women's Life Cycles, 1850--1940	394	(22)
Jessie L. Embry
Suggested Readings	416	(3)
Contributors	419	(5)
Index	424