BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281105T010000 RDATE:20290311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291104T010000 RDATE:20300310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301103T010000 RDATE:20310309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20311102T010000 RDATE:20320314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230827T183000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280312T030000 RDATE:20281105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290311T030000 RDATE:20291104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300310T030000 RDATE:20301103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20310309T030000 RDATE:20311102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e3d27d5a7c884c4933e4ebdbf406c26b CATEGORIES:Leisure/Hobbies/Recreation, History CREATED:20240113T182538 SUMMARY:Virtual Book Club - New Women in the Old West LOCATION:Virtual DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\nVirtual Book Club - New Women in the Old West by Winifred Gallagher\n\n \nAmazon- $14.99\n\n\nA riveting history of the American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migratio n and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transfo rmed the country in the process\n\nBetween 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thous ands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by the prospect of adventure and opportunity, and galvanized by the s pirit of Manifest Destiny. Alongside this rapid expansion of the United Sta tes, a second, overlapping social shift was taking place: survival in a set tler society busy building itself from scratch required two equally hardwor king partners, compelling women to compromise eastern sensibilities and tak e on some of the same responsibilities as their husbands. At a time when wo men had very few legal or economic--much less political--rights, these wome n soon proved they were just as essential as men to westward expansion. The ir efforts to attain equality by acting as men's equals paid off, and well before the Nineteenth Amendment, they became the first American women to vo te.\n\nDuring the mid-nineteenth century, the fight for women's suffrage wa s radical indeed. But as the traditional domestic model of womanhood shifte d to one that included public service, the women of the West were becoming not only coproviders for their families but also town mothers who establish ed schools, churches, and philanthropies. At a time of few economic opportu nities elsewhere, they claimed their own homesteads and graduated from new, free coeducational colleges that provided career alternatives to marriage. In 1869, the men of the Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote--pa rtly to persuade more of them to move west--but with this victory in hand, western suffragists fought relentlessly until the rest of the region follow ed suit. By 1914 most western women could vote--a right still denied to wom en in every eastern state.\n\nIn New Women in the Old West, Winifred Gallag her brings to life the riveting history of the little-known women--the Whit e, Black, and Asian settlers, and the Native Americans and Hispanics they d isplaced--who played monumental roles in one of America's most transformati ve periods. Like western history in general, the record of women's crucial place at the intersection of settlement and suffrage has long been overlook ed. Drawing on an extraordinary collection of research, Gallagher weaves to gether the striking legacy of the persistent individuals who not only creat ed homes on weather-wracked prairies and built communities in muddy mining camps, but also played a vital, unrecognized role in the women's rights mov ement and forever redefined the "American woman."\n\n\nFree to participate! Register here: https://www.simpletix.com/e/virtual-book-club-new-women-in- the-old-wes-tickets-154047\n\n\nMission:\nThe Mission of the Conifer Histor ical Society and Museum is to share the region's legacy by collecting, pres erving and exhibiting historical and cultural materials.\n CONTACT:This email address is being protected from spambots. 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