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Virginia G. Berry
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Cowboys, homesteaders and ranchers are typical images of the Western frontier. So are hucksters, speculators, and robber barons. But the women of the West are often missing from this collection of stereotypes. Virginia G. Berry brings to life the important work done by women in building the West as we know it today—urbane, sophisticated and on the move. Dr. Berry paints a fascinating portrait of a devoted and talented group of women who fostered women’s rights in the arts in the era of pioneer settlement.
Using original research in the 1880 to 1920 period, she provides a case study for feminist activities in the arts during a crucial formative period in the history of the West. The women who formed the core of this progressive movement were women of social conscience, aesthetic sensibility, and feminist perspective. They combined these three elements into a powerful force for cultural advancement at a time when the role of women in the arts was circumscribed. This book is a must read for those interested in the history of women in North America.
The late Virginia G. Berry, who took her doctorate in history at the University of Chicago, was an art historian who wrote on the early art of the West. She completed work on this book just before her death in 2003.
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