Beyond John Wayne: Using Historic Sites to Interpret Western Women's History.

Huyck, Heather

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ERIC Number: EJ563367

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Publication Date: 1997

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Beyond John Wayne: Using Historic Sites to Interpret Western Women's History.

Huyck, Heather

OAH Magazine of History, v12 n1 p7-11 Fall 1997

Considers women's history in the western United States using the historic places of the National Park system as its basis. The National Park Service has created three categories for historic sites: places that focus on women's history; places that include women's history; and places that surprise us with women's history. (MJP)

Descriptors: Architecture, Built Environment, Consciousness Raising, Females, Feminism, Historic Sites, History Instruction, Material Culture, National Parks, Regional Characteristics, Social History, United States History, Womens History, Womens Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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