Abstract
Christy’s story highlights the draw that many women feel toward the outdoors, many times starting as a kid playing outdoors. She traces her path in what she physically did as well as some of the ways that being in outdoor environments and being in them with women affected her. A bit of the behind-the-scenes of Woodswomen is explained after Christy’s essay. Woodswomen’s motto was “adventure is the best souvenir” and its purpose was to teach outdoor living and traveling skills to women and children.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Dochterman, R. (1992, October 9–23). Calling all gay and lesbian youth! Equal Time. St Paul, MN: The Star of the North Publishing Company.
Giammatteo, H. (1993, March/April). Into the Woods: Woodswomen brings feminism to the great outdoors. Ms. Magazine. Arlington, VA: Liberty Media for Women.
Holmes, C. (1986, Spring/Summer). A guide’s view. Woodswomen News. Minneapolis, MN: Woodswomen, Inc.
Kloppenburg, D. (1984, August 23). Woodswomen: Minneapolis company shows outdoors is women’s business. Daily Herald. Wausau-Merrill, WI: Wausau Daily Herald.
Niemi, J. (1982, April). Talking with Woodswomen. New Women’s Times. Rochester, NY: New Women’s Times, Inc.
Wikipedia. (2017). Woodswomen, Inc. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodswomen,_Inc
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Smith, C., Mitten, D. (2018). Becoming a Woods Woman. In: Gray, T., Mitten, D. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning. Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53550-0_28
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53550-0_28
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-53549-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-53550-0
eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)