Women in Jackson County, Oregon, 1875-1885: A Group Portrait (v.2 c.1)
by Margaret Nan Haines, copyright 1980
notation: Photocopy made 9 July 1980 from original typescript loaned by the author. signed Margaret N. Haines
thesis presented to Dept of History and the Graduate School of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, June 1980. approved by Richard M. Brown
Chapters: I. Jackson County and its Women 1875-1885; II. Homogeneity and Housekeeping: A Demographic Sample of the Women of Jackson County in 1880; III. Woman's True Profession: Marriage and Family Life; IV. Social Life, Recreation and Entertainment; V. Rowdyism, Violence, and Crime (mostly vandalism, drunken brawling, domestic quarrels and theft) there was a feud that led to murder, a rape, suicides, the burning of Abigail Scott Duniway in effigy, and a murder in Ashland) there was some racial violence against the Chinese in Jacksonville and some of the other mining areas); VI. Religion and Reform Efforts; VII. Contemporary Make Attitudes Toward Jackson County Women; VIII. Myths and Stereotypes: The Pioneer Mother and her Daughters. plus Appendices and Bibliography