“Country Girls Are Whisky In a Teacup”: Crafting Rural Femininity on Etsy

The clothing sold through these [Etsy] shops sometimes seem to question, but in the end powerfully reinforces, dominant ideas about femininity.

The Olive Garden Lady and Rural Middle American Culture

Why did Marilyn Hagerty “go viral” after more than fifty years writing for the same small newspaper?

Wide Open Suburban Spaces

Querying the boundaries of natural, rural, urban, and suburban spaces, and the complex interrelationships between traveling and living in the twentieth-century American West.

Pioneer Girl Perspectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder

To celebrate the 150th birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder in 2017, the Pioneer Girl Project of the South Dakota State Historical Society has released a new book on the writer’s legacy.

“Dear Miss Cushman”: The Dreams of Eva McCoy, 1874

But was Eva McCoy exactly as she appeared? Was her careful appeal actually a careful manipulation of sympathy or did it conceal an even sadder truth?

Cowgirls and the Discourses of Patriarchy and Feminism in Country/Western Music

Connecting the cultural significance of cowgirls with an analysis of country music history.