Members of the regiment Army officers' wives on the western frontier, 1865-1890

Title:

Author:

Nacy, Michele J. 1947-

ISBN:

9780313096525

Personal Author:

Nacy, Michele J. 1947-

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 128 p.)

Series:

Contributions in American history, no. 187

Contributions in American history ; no. 187.

Contents:

Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Role of Women in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 2 Officers' Wives on the Frontier; Chapter 3 The Indians; Chapter 4 Army Rules, Regulations, and Traditions; Chapter 5 Enlisted Men, Blacks, and Mexicans; Chapter 6 Making a Home and Family Life; Chapter 7 Making the Marriage Work; Chapter 8 Conclusion: I Still Hear Their Voices; Appendix A Frontier Experiences; Appendix B Frontier Locations; Appendix C Personal Data upon Arrival on the Frontier; Appendix D Frontier Forts: Home to the Members of the Regiment.

Abstract:

Many extraordinary women traveled west with their Army officer husbands between 1865 and 1890 and discovered a world that was completely controlled by the United States Army. The Army as a public institution colored virtually every aspect of their domestic lives. Army directives, customs, and traditions imposed social obligations on these women, and the world of the frontier Army garrison continually challenged their sense of what it meant to be true women. Remarkably, they flourished and established a defined role for themselves that went beyond the conventional definition of true womanhood.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.

Subject Term:

Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)

Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.

Army spouses -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.

Officers' spouses -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.

HISTORY -- State & Local.

Frau.

Pionier.

Geschichte 1865-1890.

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