02347cmm a2200325 4500 214824616 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 051219s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780253111029 electronic bk. 0253111021 electronic bk. (OCoLC)62708627 N$T eng N$T OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCG OCLCQ IDEBK OCLCQ TUU OCLCQ MERUC TxAuBib Boisseau, Tracey Jean. White queen [electronic resource] : May French-Sheldon and the imperial origins of American feminist identity / Tracey Jean Boisseau. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2004. 1 online resource (xiv, 258 p.) : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-249) and index. Introduction: A Tale of Imperial Feminism -- First Woman Explorer of Africa: The 1891 Expedition -- The Caravan Trek to Kilimanjaro -- Self-Discovery -- Forging a Feminine Colonial Method -- Sex and the Sultans -- Confessions of a White Queen -- Agent for Empire: Interventions in Central and West Africa, 1903-1908 -- An Imperial Spy in the Congo -- A Plantation Mistress in Liberia -- Feminist for a New Generation: Mastering Femininity in 1920s America -- Taking Feminism on the Road -- Masquerading as the Subject of Feminism -- The Queen, the Sheik, the Sultana, and the Female Spectator -- Conclusion: The White Queen in the Mirror, or Reflections on the Construction of White Feminist Identity. Tracey Jean Boisseau's reading of the "White Queen" (which refers to May French-Sheldon's 1891 expedition to East Africa) connects popular notions of American feminism, American national identity, and the reorientation of Euro-American imperialism at the turn of the century. Sheldon, Mary French 1847-1936. Feminists United States Biography. Women explorers Africa Biography. Nationalism and feminism United States. Feminism United States History. Imperialism. Social sciences Feminism & Feminist Theory. Biographies Social Scientists & Psychologists. Electronic books. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=145249 EBSCOhost