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This collection of essays offers a new interpretation of the WNIA's founding, argues that the WNIA provided opportunities for indigenous women, creates a new space in the public sphere for white women, and reveals the WNIA's role in broader national debates centered on Indian land rights and the political power of Christian reform.

Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (October 1, 2020)
  • Length: 284 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826361820

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The collection of chapters that makes up this important re-examination of the Women's National Indian Association (WNIA) offers a compelling and complex analysis of Indigenous and White women's activism.--Sarah Eppler Janda, Southwestern Historical Quarterly

Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement presents an important new look at one of the most significant Indian reform organizations. Re-examining the WNIA's history, membership, and activities, contributors to this volume highlight the intersectionality of race, gender, and identity.--Lisa E. Emmerich, professor emerita of history, California State University, Chico

Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement presents an important new look at one of the most significant Indian reform organizations. Re-examining the WNIA's history, membership, and activities, contributors to this volume highlight the intersectionality of race, gender, and identity.--Lisa E. Emmerich, professor emerita of history, California State University, Chico

This fine collection is the first to explore the activities of Indigenous women in the WNIA and to locate the organization in the broader gendered politics of Indian policy. It is a worthwhile contribution to both women's and policy history.--Katherine M. B. Osburn, author of Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi: Race, Class, and Nation Building in the Jim Crow South, 1830-1977

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