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• Frontier Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
• Deborah M. Liles

From the first entry to the last, Frontier Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia is a refreshing and captivating summary of women's important contributions in 122 categories during trans-Mississippian expansion. It takes the reader on a journey that is both ambitious in its scope and impressive in its presentation. Although it is one continuous study, the encyclopedia portion of the study is presented in months or seasons within a year, beginning with 1765 and ending in 1899.

Aside from the phenomenal entries and photographs featuring women's astonishing accomplishments in all the arts, ranging from weaving, gardening, and painting, to knife throwing, sharpshooting, and lion taming, Snodgrass added enormously to the utility of this book with extra features. Her acknowledgment section alone is a treasure trove of curators, archivists, advisors, and directors of repositories in the West. A glossary of art terms and a detailed index of both names and topics add to the reference material. Four appendixes provide extensive lists of the women featured in the encyclopedia section, arranged by genres, the states where they were situated, their ethnicities, and chronological events of note throughout the world during the years of study. These add a depth beyond the basic entries that provokes new methods of teaching, learning, researching, and writing.

The format allows Snodgrass to take her readers on a journey to new and varied frontiers. The chronological structure highlights both the multiple and varied contributions women made, from basic survival to monumental achievements, not to mention making readers question how many more must have been excluded. Snodgrass connects women to the western migration experience in an intimate and vital way, highlighting missing or scattered knowledge in the history of the West, women's history, and the American story. This fabulous resource will be a valuable tool for professional and casual historians alike. [End Page 269]

审核人：

• 边疆女性及其艺术：玛丽·艾伦·斯诺德格拉斯编年史百科全书
• 黛博拉·莱尔斯

从第一个条目到最后一个条目，Frontier Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia是对跨密西西比扩张期间女性在 122 个类别中的重要贡献的令人耳目一新和引人入胜的总结。它带领读者踏上了一段既宏大又令人印象深刻的旅程。虽然这是一项连续的研究，但该研究的百科全书部分按月或一年内的季节呈现，从 1765 年开始到 1899 年结束。

除了展现女性在编织、园艺、绘画、掷刀、神枪射击和驯狮等所有艺术领域惊人成就的非凡条目和照片之外，斯诺德格拉斯还通过额外功能极大地丰富了本书的实用性。仅她的致谢部分就是西方策展人、档案管理员、顾问和知识库主管的宝库。艺术术语表以及名称和主题的详细索引添加到参考资料中。四个附录提供了百科全书部分中女性的详尽列表，按流派、她们所在的州、她们的种族以及研究期间在世界各地发生的事件按时间顺序排列。这些增加了超出激发新教学方法的基本条目的深度，

这种格式让 Snodgrass 可以带领她的读者踏上通往新的、多样的前沿的旅程。按时间顺序排列的结构突出了女性所做的多重和不同的贡献，从基本的生存到巨大的成就，更不用说让读者质疑还有多少人必须被排除在外。斯诺德格拉斯以一种亲密而重要的方式将女性与西方移民经历联系起来，突出了西方历史、女性历史和美国故事中缺失或分散的知识。这个极好的资源将成为专业和休闲历史学家的宝贵工具。[第269页结束]