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This land is herland : gendered activism in Oklahoma, 1870's to 2010's
Title
This land is herland : gendered activism in Oklahoma, 1870's to 2010's / edited by Sarah Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin, foreword by Renée M. Laegreid.
ISBN
9780806169262
0806169265
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
Physical Description
xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Contributed volume explores women's activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to 2010s and evaluates Indigenous concepts of equality, sovereignty, and the impact of conservative politics in shaping women's rights in the American West through biographical essays"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2021
Series
Women and the American West ; Volume 1
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-285) and index.
Contents
Part one. the fluidity of power
Lilah Lindsey: Mvskoke Creek educator and civic reformer / Rowan Faye Steineker
"My heart had been burdened for the orphaned and homeless children": religious imperative and maternalism in the work of Mattie Mallory / Heather Clemmer
"Give me a nation of great mothers": Alice Robertson's conservative maternalism / Amy L. Scott
"Intrepid pioneer leader": the A-suffrage gendered activism of Kate Barnard / Sunu Kodumthara
"Loyal countrywoman": Rachel Caroline Eaton, alumna of the Cherokee National Female Seminary / Farina King
Part two. the gendered politics of civil rights
Freedom on her own terms: California M. Taylor and black womanhood in Boley, Oklahoma / Melissa N. Stuckey
Making history as an NAACP plaintiff: Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher / Cheryl Elizabeth Brown Wattley
Beyond the walls: from sit-ins to integration in the activism of Clara Luper / Rachel E. Watson
"To speak so forthrightly as to offend": the civil rights activism and confinement of Rosalyn "Rosie" Coleman Gilchrist / Sarah Eppler Janda
Part three. contested notions of equality
LaDonna Harris: Comanche leader, activist, matriarch / Amanda Cobb-Greetham
"Until we organized": Wanda Jo Peltier Stapleton and the equal rights amendment debate in Oklahoma, 1972-1982 / Chelsea Ball
Barbara "Wahru" Cleveland and Herland Sister Resources / Lindsey Churchill
"My children are more important to me than any office I might hold": Mary Fallin's use of motherhood as a conservative political strategy / Patricia Loughlin.
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