Wild girls : how the outdoors shaped the women who challenged a nation

Book

Wild girls : how the outdoors shaped the women who challenged a nation / Tiya Miles.

Miles, Tiya, 1970- (author.).

Summary:

"An award-winning historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became women who changed America. Harriet Tubman, forced to labor outdoors on a Maryland plantation, learned from the land a terrain for escape. Louisa May Alcott ran wild, eluding gendered expectations in New England. The Indigenous women's basketball team from Fort Shaw, Montana, recaptured a sense of pride in physical prowess as they trounced the white teams of the 1904 World's Fair. Celebrating women like these who acted on their confidence outdoors, Wild Girls brings new context to misunderstood icons like Sakagawea and Pocahontas, and to under-appreciated figures like Native American activist writer Zitkála-Šá, also known as Gertrude Bonin, farmworkers' champion Dolores Huerta, and labor and Civil Rights organizer Grace Lee Boggs. This beautiful, meditative work of history puts girls of all races--and the landscapes they loved--at center stage and reveals the impact of the outdoors on women's independence, resourcefulness, and vision. For these trailblazing women of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, navigating the woods, following the stars, playing sports, and taking to the streets in peaceful protest were not only joyful pursuits, but also techniques to resist assimilation, racism, and sexism. Lyrically written and full of archival discoveries, this book evokes landscapes as richly as the girls who roamed in them -- and argues for equal access to outdoor spaces for girls of every race and class today"--Dust jacket flap.

Record details

ISBN: 9781324020875
ISBN: 1324020873
Physical Description: xv, 172 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton and Company, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-159) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Preface. Ice bridges -- Introduction. Way finders -- Star gazers -- Nature writers -- Game changers -- Blue moons -- Epilogue. Tree tops.

Search for related items by subject

Search for related items by series

Available copies

1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Place Hold Remove from basket Print Email Permalink Disable Highlighting

Show Only Available Copies

Location	Call Number / Copy Notes	Barcode	Shelving Location	Status	Due Date
Lummi Library	HQ 1233 .M55 2023	680278	Stacks	Available	-

► Summaries & More

► Awards, Reviews, & Suggested Reads

► Shelf Browser

▼ MARC Record

LDR	05280cam a2201021 i 4500
001	46809
003	NWIC
005	20240215125914.0
008	230905t20232023nyua e b 001 0 eng d
040		.	‡aJRG ‡beng ‡erda ‡cJRG ‡dJRG ‡dYDX ‡dBDX ‡dLMJ ‡dIOU ‡dUKMGB ‡dTOH ‡dUAP ‡dOI6 ‡dLE# ‡dJTH ‡dRNL ‡dSDG ‡dZAD ‡dYEQ ‡dHQC ‡dMBB ‡dIUK ‡dVP@ ‡dB@L ‡dIMT ‡dOCLCO ‡dOWS ‡dOCLCO ‡dHF9 ‡dTXSCH ‡dHUL ‡dJRJ ‡dLHL ‡dMNE ‡dOCLCO ‡dMDB
015		.	‡aGBC3D5771 ‡2bnb
016	7	.	‡a021143852 ‡2Uk
019		.	‡a1362864511 ‡a1396762830 ‡a1397071500
020		.	‡a9781324020875 ‡q(hardcover)
020		.	‡a1324020873 ‡q(hardcover)
020		.	‡z9781324020882 ‡qePub ebook
035		.	‡a(OCoLC)1396158203 ‡z(OCoLC)1362864511 ‡z(OCoLC)1396762830 ‡z(OCoLC)1397071500
050		4.	‡aHQ1233 ‡b.M55 2023
050		4.	‡aHQ1240.5.U6 ‡bM45 2023
050		4.	‡aHQ1194 ‡b.M55 2023
072		7.	‡aENV ‡2ukslc
072		7.	‡aJH ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡aHBLL ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡aHBLW ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡aHBTB ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡aJFSJ1 ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡a1KBB ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡a3JH ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡a3JJ ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡aHBJK ‡2bicssc
072		7.	‡aJH ‡2thema
072		7.	‡aN ‡2thema
072		7.	‡aNHTB ‡2thema
072		7.	‡aJBSF1 ‡2thema
072		7.	‡a1KBB ‡2thema
072		7.	‡a3MN ‡2thema
072		7.	‡a3MP ‡2thema
072		7.	‡aNHK ‡2thema
082	0	4.	‡a304.20820973 ‡223
100	1	.	‡aMiles, Tiya, ‡d1970- ‡eauthor.
245	1	0.	‡aWild girls : ‡bhow the outdoors shaped the women who challenged a nation / ‡cTiya Miles.
250		.	‡aFirst edition.
264		1.	‡aNew York, N.Y. : ‡bW.W. Norton and Company, ‡c[2023]
264		4.	‡c©2023
300		.	‡axv, 172 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c22 cm.
336		.	‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
336		.	‡astill image ‡bsti ‡2rdacontent
337		.	‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338		.	‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
490	1	.	‡aNorton shorts
504		.	‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 137-159) and index.
505	0	0.	‡gPreface. ‡tIce bridges -- ‡gIntroduction. ‡tWay finders -- ‡tStar gazers -- ‡tNature writers -- ‡tGame changers -- ‡tBlue moons -- ‡gEpilogue. ‡tTree tops.
520	8	.	‡a"An award-winning historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became women who changed America. Harriet Tubman, forced to labor outdoors on a Maryland plantation, learned from the land a terrain for escape. Louisa May Alcott ran wild, eluding gendered expectations in New England. The Indigenous women's basketball team from Fort Shaw, Montana, recaptured a sense of pride in physical prowess as they trounced the white teams of the 1904 World's Fair. Celebrating women like these who acted on their confidence outdoors, Wild Girls brings new context to misunderstood icons like Sakagawea and Pocahontas, and to under-appreciated figures like Native American activist writer Zitkála-Šá, also known as Gertrude Bonin, farmworkers' champion Dolores Huerta, and labor and Civil Rights organizer Grace Lee Boggs. This beautiful, meditative work of history puts girls of all races--and the landscapes they loved--at center stage and reveals the impact of the outdoors on women's independence, resourcefulness, and vision. For these trailblazing women of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, navigating the woods, following the stars, playing sports, and taking to the streets in peaceful protest were not only joyful pursuits, but also techniques to resist assimilation, racism, and sexism. Lyrically written and full of archival discoveries, this book evokes landscapes as richly as the girls who roamed in them -- and argues for equal access to outdoor spaces for girls of every race and class today"--Dust jacket flap.
650		0.	‡aWomen and the environment ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory.
650		0.	‡aOutdoor recreation for women ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory.
650		0.	‡aWomen in development ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory.
650		0.	‡aNature ‡xPsychological aspects.
650		0.	‡aFeminist geography.
650		6.	‡aNature ‡xAspect psychologique.
650		7.	‡aHISTORY / Women ‡2bisacsh
650		7.	‡aHIS036040 ‡2bisacsh
650		7.	‡aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century ‡2bisacsh
650		7.	‡aSocial conditions ‡2fast
650		7.	‡aWomen ‡2fast
650		7.	‡aWomen ‡xRecreation. ‡2sears
650		7.	‡aHistory ‡2thema
650		7.	‡aSocial & cultural history ‡2thema
650		7.	‡aGender studies: women & girls ‡2thema
650		7.	‡aUnited States of America, USA ‡2thema
650		7.	‡a19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 ‡2thema
650		7.	‡a20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 ‡2thema
650		7.	‡aHistory of the Americas ‡2thema
650		7.	‡aHistory ‡2ukslc
655		0.	‡aBiographies.
655		7.	‡aBiographies. ‡2lcgft
655		7.	‡aBiographies. ‡2rvmgf
776	0	8.	‡iebook version : ‡z9781324020882
830		0.	‡aNorton shorts.
938		.	‡aBrodart ‡bBROD ‡n133962008
938		.	‡aYBP Library Services ‡bYANK ‡n19282563
029	1	.	‡aUKMGB ‡b021143852
029	1	.	‡aAU@ ‡b000075847192
994		.	‡aZ0 ‡bWANIC
948		.	‡h1 HOLDING IN WANIC - 749 OTHER HOLDINGS
901		.	‡aon1396158203 ‡bOCoLC ‡c46809 ‡tbiblio