Consider This

1. How did Rosalie La Flesche Farley, Bess Streeter Aldrich and Mildred Brown become successful and influential in their communities despite societal restrictions regarding women's "place"?
2. Discuss the women's rights issues that were gaining public attention during each of the three women's lives and how those issues may have affected the paths these women took.
3. Each of the three women could be seen as a "bridge" between races, cultures, and even time periods. Discuss how each woman served as a "bridge" in her community.
4. Discuss the lasting effects that the work of each of the three women had on Nebraska.
5. Recent historical scholarship deals with the issue of women's "invisibility" in history. Discuss who writes history and why women such as Rosalie La Flesche Farley, Bess Streeter Aldrich and Mildred Brown might have been overlooked.
6. The three women in the video represent different time periods and diverse cultures--Native American, Caucasian and Black. How different is the traditional view of women in each culture?
7. How did differences in the traditional view of women in each culture help or hinder each of the three women in the video?