Cynthia Culver Prescott

Dr. Cynthia Culver Prescott's work focuses on gender in the American West. She combines social history and material culture methods to study the intersections of gender, social class, and historical memory. Her book, Gender and Generation on the Far Western Frontier (University of Arizona, 2007), traced changing gender roles and ideology among early white settlers in Oregon between 1845 and 1900. Her current research project examines portrayals of frontier women and families in pioneer monuments erected throughout the twentieth century. She is also interested in quilting, particularly examining quilts as a reflection of women's work roles and social class status. A member of the History Department since 2007, Dr. Prescott teaches several courses that are closely related to her research interests, including American women and gender, the American West, and material culture methodology, as well as the United States Since 1877 survey course. While her academic training is in social history, she has also worked in several areas of public history: museum curatorship, collections management, archival and rare book cataloging, and historic preservation. She is affiliated with UND's Women Studies program, and is the faculty adviser for our Phi Alpha Theta history honor society chapter. Beyond UND, she is active in several international historical societies and serves as an Associate Fellow at the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Gender and Generation on the Far Western Frontier

December 01, 2012

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2342751. Gender and Generation on the Far Western Frontier by Cynthia Culver Prescott As her family…

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