Full Description
The writings of the American West have long dealt with masculine ideals. Well into the twentieth century, what little attention was afforded to women typically reflected prescribed or stereotyped roles, and the work of women scholars received less attention than that of men. And yet the early twentieth century saw a host of pioneering scholars who would not be ignored, erased, or marginalized. The ten women intellectuals showcased in this volume were pioneers in the writing of Indian-centered history, ethnology, and folklore that incorporated the insights, voices, and perspectives of American Indians. These authors not only produced significant works that are still useful to modern-day scholars; they also pioneered research methods and theoretical concepts that helped lay the foundation for the new scholarship on western history, American Indian studies, and ethnohistory. Noted scholars have provided individual biographies describing the struggles and contributions these foremothers made to the creation of late twentieth-century scholarship: Annie Heloise Abel, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša), Angie Debo, Ella Cara Deloria, Isabel T. Kelly, Marjorie Ferguson Lambert, Dorothea Cross Leighton, Alice Marriott, Mari Sandoz, and Ruth Underhill.
Contents
Introduction Shirley A. Leckie (University of Central Florida) and Nancy J. Parezo (Arizona State University)1. Annie Heloise Abel Suzanne Julin 2. Angie Debo: A Bridge between the Old and New Western and Indian History Shirley A. Leckie (University of Central Florida)3. Mari Sandoz John R. Wunder (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)4. A Life in the Field:Isabel T. Kelly Catherine S. Fowler (University of Nevada, Reno) and Robert Van Kemper (Southern Methodist University)5. Marjorie Ferguson Lambert Shelly Tisdale 6. Alice Marriott: Recording the Lives of American Indian Women Patricia Loughlin (University of Central Oklahoma)7. Telling the Story of Her People: Ella Cara Deloria's Decolonizing Methodology Maria Cotera (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)8. Gertrude Simmons Bonnin: Zitkala Sa Franci Washburn (University of Arizona)9. Dorothea Cross Leighton: Physician, Psychiatrist, Anthropologist, and Public Health Activist Nancy J. Parezo (Arizona State University)10. Ruth Murray Underhill and "The People of the Crimson Evening" Catherine Lavender (City University of New York) and Nancy J. Parezo (Arizona State University)
