Synthesizes the development of women's history in the region, and introduces readers to current thinking on the real experiences of Western women and their infl

The Joan Jensen-Darlis Miller Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship on gender and women's history in the West. The winning essays are collected here for the

Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927 recovers the names and works of hundreds of women who wrote about the American West during the nineteenth and ea

"Did the West offer women a place to grow, providing opportunities for more equitable social relationships, greater political rights, and economic independence?

American lore has slighted the cowgirl, although at least one can still be found in nearly every ranching community. Like her male counterpart, she rides and ro