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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Timberline books
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Timberline books.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women -- Colorado -- Biography.
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Women -- Colorado -- History.
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Colorado -- Biography.
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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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Colorado https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJf4bHk4HXCCmK8gvWb68C |
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beaton, Gail Marjorie. Colorado women. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2012 9781607321958 (DLC) 2012024898 (OCoLC)793224825 |
| ISBN |
9781607322078 (electronic bk.) |
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1607322072 (electronic bk.) |
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9781457173844 (electronic bk.) |
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1457173840 (electronic bk.) |
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9781457173820 (electronic bk.) |
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1457173824 (electronic bk.) |
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9781607321958 |
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1607321955 |
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