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Putting Women in a Man’s World: Making a Conscious Effort to Include Women in Museum Exhibits

Putting Women in a Man’s World: Making a Conscious Effort to Include Women in Museum Exhibits Leah Tookey, New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum History museums are created to tell a certain story about a place, a time, a people, … Continue reading

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The Charreada in the U.S.: A National Sport in Another Nation

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a new series featuring abstracts for past and upcoming conference presentations.  Publishing abstracts on this blog enables us to share ongoing research far beyond the boundaries of the conferences at which these … Continue reading

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A Meditation on Rural America

America remains rural at its core. Continue reading

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Meeting Miss Kittie: My Friendship with Kittie Wilkins, the Horse Queen of Idaho

Kittie Wilkins was the public face of the Wilkins Horse Company. A woman of superlatives, she was said to be the only woman at the turn of the twentieth century whose sole occupation was as a horse dealer. Continue reading

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