Problem
Study the content guide on The Black Experience and Westward Migration as well as the primary source documents on Representing Native American Women in the Late Nineteenth Century; Jacob Riis's Photographs of Immigrant Girls and Women, and these online resources on Alice Austen's life and work:
1) Alice Austen House Home Page
2) Alice Austen Biography
3) Alice Austen Photography Collection
Explain in detail and cite.
1) How conflicting ideas on how women placed themselves in American society at this point in history are reflected in the images and/or writings.
2) How women's self-presentation of these ideas sheds light on their perspectives of U.S. historical narratives as well as the nation's evolving relationship with the world.