Essay Topic 1
Explain why the accounts of the Wyoming homesteading women had been overlooked for so many years. What value do they have for historians and students today? What value will you take away from this literary experience? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the role of women in frontier life in early twentieth century Wyoming. How were gender roles blurred during this period of time in Wyoming? What lessons did women learn about themselves as they carved lives for their families out of the sod and hills of the prairie?
Essay Topic 3
What positions other than wife and mother did most prairie women hold? What was expected of a prairie woman by others? What expectations did she place on herself? Explain.
Essay Topic 4
Explain the role of religion--especially Mormonism--on the Wyoming prairie. Was there an increase in religious life because just living on the prairie was such a trying...
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