Examining four centuries of Midwestern women's history, contributors discuss ways these women's lives both resemble and differ from those of women of other regi

Winner of the 2019 Gita Chaudhuri Prize Winner of the 2019 Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award Historian Sara Egge offers critical insights into the woman suffrage move

..". Hendricks adds greatly to our understanding of change and continuity in this important period of women's history." -- American Historical Review From 1890

Winner of the 2019 Gita Chaudhuri Prize Winner of the 2019 Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award Historian Sara Egge offers critical insights into the woman suffrage move

The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer