'Uncle Sam's priceless daughters': American Indian women during the Great Depression, World War II, and the postwar era
Abstract
This project traces Indian women's roles in reservation and off-reservation communities from 1930-1960. The topics include: women's entrance into the reservation's wage economy and tribal politics; their service in the armed forces and war-related employment during World War II; increased participation in tribal politics as district representatives and tribal chairwomen in the 1940s and 1950s; and their movement to urban areas and subsequent involvement in establishing Indian organizations and community centers. The project fills a gap in the literature on both American women's and American Indian history, not only by analyzing women's changing roles within their traditional environment but by comparing Indian women's experiences with those of other minority and white women during the same three decades.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Berthrong, Purdue University.
Subject Area
American history|Womens studies
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