For the past half century, Caroline Schimmel has collected narratives of women overcoming obstacles in the wilderness.
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At Mam-maw’s Table
My favorite memories are of Sundays at Mam-maw’s kitchen table
Tillie Baldwin: Immigrant Hairdresser Turned Bronco Buster Extraordinaire
Like many white women involved in rodeo, Baldwin both utilized and perpetuated common tropes about authentic western womanhood, while also cheekily resisting them.
Call for Proposals: “Kitchen Table Talk to Global Forum”
"Kitchen Table Talk to Global Forum," RWSA's 14th triennial conference will be May 13-15, 2021, at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Charreadas as Complex Celebrations of Heritage and Identity for Mexican American Woman
Charreada celebrates Mexican culture and heritage, but women encounter limitations.
Uncovering Poverty and Resilience in the Great Flyover
In Heartland, Smarsh eloquently unpacks the harsh realities of the working poor in places that are simultaneously celebrated as the nation’s “heartland” and mocked as being part of the “great flyover.”
How Civic Responsibility, Nativism, and World War I Gave Women in the Midwest the Right to Vote
Civic responsibility combined with wartime nativist hysteria to give midwestern women the right to vote.
Farm Institutes and Rural Women: The Case of Rural New York State
Targeting farm women was deemed a best practice for farmer's institutes.
TERF WARS – ARE WE REPEATING FEMINIST HISTORIES?
Even before the invention of social media networks, radical and lesbian feminists practiced exclusion within communities designed for “womyn-born women.”
Transgender Advocacy and Activism in the Midwest: A Partnership
How can Gender Studies majors learn about transgender history, rights, and activism beyond the college classroom? How can students apply their knowledge of feminist theory and methods to practical problems? What does being an ally and an activist look like? These are the questions we are asking and answering in creating a Transgender Studies internship program...
