Women in Utah History.Women In Utah Utah, indigenous people of North AmericaUtah, Native North Americans: see Ute.Utah, state, United StatesUtah (y `tä'), Rocky Mt. state of the W United States. History Patricia Lyn Scott & Linda Thatcher Utah State University Utah State University, mainly at Logan; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1888, opened 1890. It publishes Utah Science, Western Historical Quarterly, and Western American Literary Journal. Snow College, at Ephraim, is a branch of the university. Press 78 Old Marin Hill, Logan, UT 84322-7800 0874216257 $19.95 1-800-239-9974 www.usu.edu/usupress A project of the Utah Women's History Association and co-edited by Patricia Lyn Scott (Records Section Analysis Manager, Utah State Archives) and Linda Thatcher (Historic Collections Coordinator, Utah State Historical Society), Women In Utah History: Paradigm Or Paradox? is a compilation of impressive contributions reflecting seminal, groundbreaking scholarship of the highest order. Included are Polygamous and Monogamous Mormon Women: A Comparison (Jessie L. Embry and Lois Kelley); Innovation and Accommodation: The Legal Status of Women in Territorial Utah, 1850-1896 (Lisa Madsen Pearson and Carol Cornwall Madsen); Conflict and Contributions: Women in Churches, 1847-1920 (John Sillito); Ethnic Women, 1900-1940 (Helen Z. Papanikolas); The Professionalization of Farm Women, 1890-1940 (Cynthia Sturgis); Gainfully Employed Women, 1896-1950 (Miriam B. Murphy); From Schoolmarm to State Superintendent: The Changing Role of Women in Education, 1847- 2004 (Mary Clark and Patricia Lyn Scott (Scholarship, Service, and Sisterhood sisterhood: see monasticism.: Women's Clubs women's clubs, groups that offer social, recreational, and cultural activities for adult females. Particularly strong in the United States, they became an important part of American town and village life in the latter part of the 19th cent. One of the earliest clubs was Sorosis, organized (1868) in New York City. In 1890 a convention called in New York by Sorosis resulted in the General Federation of Women's Clubs. and Associations, 1877-1977 (Jill Mulvay Derr); Women of Letters: A Unique Literary Tradition (Gary Topping); Women in the Arts: Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions (Martha Sonntage Bradley-Evans); Women in Politics: Power in the Public Sphere (Kathryn L. MacKay); and Women's Life Cycles 1850-1940 (Jessie L. Embry). An invaluable contribution to Women's Studies and American History reference collections and supplemental reading lists, Women In Utah History would well serve as a template for similar scholarly compilations with respect to the diverse contributions of women in the history of other states and regions of the country. |
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