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Humanities Book Group

The West: Image and Reality

Reading discussion on "New Women of the Old West" by Winnifred Gallagher.

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Thursday, 5 Oct 2023, 7 p.m. - New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story by Gallagher, Winnifred. Scholar: Rebecca Andersen, PhD, USU. New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story By Gallagher, Winifred 2021-07 - Penguin Press 9780735223257 CHECK CATALOG A riveting history of the American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transformed the country in the process. Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by the prospect of adventure and …More

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