Women in Utah History: Paradigm or Paradox?

by Patricia Lyn Scott and Linda Thatcher

Book Overview

A project of the Utah Women's History Association and cosponsored by the Utah State Historical Society, Paradigm or Paradox provides the first thorough survey of the complicated history of all Utah... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874216257
• ISBN13: 9780874216257
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An invaluable contribution to Women's Studies and American History reference collections and supplem

A project of the Utah Women's History Association and co-edited by Patricia Lyn Scott (Records Section Analysis Manager, Utah State Archives) and Linda Thatcher (Historic Collections Coordinator, Utah State Historical Society), Women In Utah History: Paradigm Or Paradox? is a compilation of impressive contributions reflecting seminal, groundbreaking scholarship of the highest order. Included are Polygamous and Monogamous Mormon Women: A Comparison (Jessie L. Embry and Lois Kelley); Innovation and Accommodation: The Legal Status of Women in Territorial Utah, 1850-1896 (Lisa Madsen Pearson and Carol Cornwall Madsen); Conflict and Contributions: Women in Churches, 1847-1920 (John Sillito); Ethnic Women, 1900-1940 (Helen Z. Papanikolas); The Professionalization of Farm Women, 1890-1940 (Cynthia Sturgis); Gainfully Employed Women, 1896-1950 (Miriam B. Murphy); From Schoolmarm to State Superintendent: The Changing Role of Women in Education, 1847- 2004 (Mary Clark and Patricia Lyn Scott (Scholarship, Service, and Sisterhood: Women's Clubs and Associations, 1877-1977 (Jill Mulvay Derr); Women of Letters: A Unique Literary Tradition (Gary Topping); Women in the Arts: Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions (Martha Sonntage Bradley-Evans); Women in Politics: Power in the Public Sphere (Kathryn L. MacKay); and Women's Life Cycles 1850-1940 (Jessie L. Embry). An invaluable contribution to Women's Studies and American History reference collections and supplemental reading lists, Women In Utah History would well serve as a template for similar scholarly compilations with respect to the diverse contributions of women in the history of other states and regions of the country.