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Members of the Regiment - Army Officers' Wives on the Western Frontier, 1865-1890 (Hardcover, New)
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Members of the Regiment - Army Officers' Wives on the Western Frontier, 1865-1890 (Hardcover, New)
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Many extraordinary women traveled west with their Army officer
husbands between 1865 and 1890 and discovered a world that was
completely controlled by the United States Army. The Army as a
public institution colored virtually every aspect of their domestic
lives. Army directives, customs, and traditions imposed social
obligations on these women, and the world of the frontier Army
garrison continually challenged their sense of what it meant to be
"true women." Remarkably, they flourished and established a defined
role for themselves that went beyond the conventional definition of
true womanhood. The shared values, loyalties, and patriotism within
the institutional environment of the frontier garrison transcended
gender. As distinctly masculine as the Army garrison was perceived
to be, the officers' wives shared with their "comrades in arms" an
unequivocal commitment to the Regiment. Because of their presence,
the frontier garrison became a much different place to live, as
they subtly and slowly changed the very nature of the institution
through their efforts to bring some notion of proper society to
these rugged circumstances. Unlike most studies, which focus only
on farm and frontier women, this volume details the experiences of
the women who viewed the world from within garrison walls.
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