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The No-Color Of Women: Women And Commemoration In The Treasure Valley Of Idaho, Shaina Lynch
The No-Color Of Women: Women And Commemoration In The Treasure Valley Of Idaho, Shaina Lynch
Phi Alpha Theta Pacific Northwest Regional Conference
Abstract: In this paper, I research the public commemoration of women in the Treasure Valley and Southwest Idaho. Public memorials were sought out, visited, and photographed. A map was created of the locations and added to a website I made as part of this project, www.idahowomeninhistory.com. In order to make an argument for more statuary and monuments to women in Idaho there needed to be an explanation for the omission. I begin with the glaring absence of women in the public sphere and popular history (written and dominated by men), which explains their lack of celebration in public spaces. They …