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Women in the West: Subversion of the Romantic Ideal |
When men set out for “the territories” they went with a romantic enthusiasm for freedom, adventure and dreams of great wealth. The women they took with them however, had a far different experience – freedom from the comforts they had previously enjoyed, adventures that terrified and haunted them, and nightmares of barely scraping a living off the land. From Bret Harte’s “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and Stephen Crane’s “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” we see the sharp contrasts; whereas wide open drinking, gambling and carousing marked the life of men in mining camps, women created community, church and education. These civilizing influences changed the landscape of the towns of the Wild West and re-created the life that men had hoped to leave behind. Jo Anne Church traces the historical attitudes of women toward settling the West, from Huckleberry Finn and A Bride Goes West to the works of Mary Maclane and Mary Clearman Blew. Professor Church serves as a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Great Falls, in Great Falls, MT. This presentation is funded in part by Humanities Montana.
| Tickets: | Free | | Ticket Info: | 2822 Montana Avenue |
Western Heritage Center 2822 Montana Avenue 59101 (406) 256-6809 http://www.ywhc.org/ Our building is an historic Billings destination, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Related:
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Primary VenueWestern Heritage Center 2822 Montana Avenue 59101 (406) 256-6809 http://www.ywhc.org/ The Western Heritage Center is a regional museum that interprets and reflects the life and culture of the Yellowstone River Valley.
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