essay

Iroquois women, then and now

Symposium on local diversity in Iroquois cultureWashington, D.c.Published In 1951 • Pages: 167-187

By: Randle, Martha Champion.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The information for this article was obtained by Martha Champion Randle, a professional anthropologist, chiefly from field work undertaken at the Six Nations Reserve in 1947 and 1950, and to a lesser degree from the written accounts of early observers of the Iroquois (e.g., Morgan). Randle compares the statuses and roles of women in Iroquois society before white contact with those of ca. 1950. There are also data on division of labor by sex, the extended family, women's participation in ceremonial activities, differential effects of acculturation on men and women, childhood education, marriage regulations, and a generaal picture of the Iroquois in 1950.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Division of labor by gender
Gender status
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Iroquois
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1996
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1961
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1947, 1950
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1947, 1950
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Six Nations Reserve, Grand River, Ontario, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Marth Randle Champion
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Iroquois Indians