Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
1989
Abstract
Women as well as men took advantage of government land policies that encouraged settlement on the Great Plains. Researchers have replaced earlier stereotypes that emphasized the reluctance of women to participate in the settlement process by more dynamic and realistic conceptualizations that portray women as courageous, enthusiastic, and adventuresome. 1
Comments
Published in Great Plains Quarterly [GPQ 9 (Summer 1989): 157-173] .Copyright 1989 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska—Lincoln.