Anglo-Americans

Examine the competing views of gender in the opening West.How did women’s roles in the West (and on the journey westward for migrants) compared to men?

Assignment instructions discussion: The definitions of gender and family were sharply contested in the nineteenth century. In the West, newly arrived Anglo-Americans encountered very different understandings of gender among the Mexicans and Native Americans already inhabiting the area. Examine the competing views of gender in the opening West. Question: How did women’s roles in the […]

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