Keeper of the Gate
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| Title: | Keeper of the Gate |
| Author(s): | Grace, Selena M. |
| Keywords: | Women; legacy; Mormon; West; landscape; family |
| Issue Date: | 11-Jul-2008 |
| Abstract: | This thesis explores the story of five generations of women who are westerners from Idaho; they are independent, self- reliant, and living in a landscape that throughout the generations remained rugged and precarious. In this family history I explore the role of the Mormon faith, and the way it underlies the actual legacy, and attempt to clarify why and how some choices were made that otherwise may not have been. This thesis explores what heritage is passed on from mothers to their daughters. Essentially, there are three fundamental questions I attempt to answer in this thesis: first, what is the legacy and who are the participants; second, why has this legacy continued; and third, can the information I acquire in answering the first two questions alter the course of this legacy for future generations of women. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1920/3161 |
| Area Of Study: | Creative Writing |
| Institution: | George Mason University |
| Degree Level: | master's |
| Degree Name: | Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing |
| Appears in Collections: | College of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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