"THE EQUALITY STATE" EXPLAINED: Author Teresa S. Neal will discuss her book, Evolution Toward Equality: Equality for Women in the American West, on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 3-5 p.m. in the University of Wyoming American Heritage Center Stock Growers' Room in Laramie. A book signing will follow the presentation. Evolution Toward Equality analyzes why Western women received voting, property, and legal rights long before their Eastern counterparts. In the book, Neal proposes three stages that made this possible: rejection of traditional role models, finding new and often unexpected role models, and integrating women into the public sphere. Neal earned B.A. degrees in English education and American studies from UW and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from the University of Southern California. The Wyoming native lives in Colorado and teaches classes at Lakewood High School.
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