| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Timberline books |
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Timberline books.
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| Contents |
Early women (pre-history/1858) -- Pioneering women (1859/1877) -- Making a difference (1859/1877) -- Settling in (1878/1900) -- Organizing for change (1878/1900) -- Breaking with tradition (1901/1919) -- The Progressive Era (1901/1919) -- Conformity and change (1920/1929) -- During the Great Depression (1930/1939) -- Stepping up (1940/1945) -- Continuity and change, take two (1946/1960) -- In the modern era (1961/present) |
| Summary |
Colorado Women is the first full-length chronicle of the lives, roles, and contributions of women in Colorado from prehistory through the modern day. A national leader in women's rights, Colorado was one of the first states to approve suffrage and the first to elect a woman to its legislature. Nevertheless, only a small fraction of the literature on Colorado history is devoted to women and, of those, most focus on well-known individuals. The experiences of Colorado women differed greatly across economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. Marital status, religious affiliation, and sexual orien |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Colorado -- Biography
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Women -- Colorado -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Women
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| SUBJECT |
Colorado -- Biography
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| Subject |
Colorado
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781607322078 |
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1607322072 |
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9781457173844 |
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1457173840 |
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9781457173820 |
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1457173824 |
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