Wild Women of the Old West

Discussion led by April Lidinsky on Zoom

Join us for a discussion of the beloved novel True Grit, and the strong women who inhabited the American West.

April Lidinsky is a Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at IU South Bend, where she also directs the Master of Liberal Studies Program.  She is a mother, an organic gardener, an experimental cook, a woods-walker, a voracious reader, a non-fiction writer, and a frequent contributor to WVPE's "Michiana Chronicles" series.  

Join us for a discussion of the beloved novel, True Grit, and enjoy an opportunity to learn about strong women of the American West. We'll fuel our discussion with questions such as: How does Portis use humor to skewer gender norms and social conventions? How does the time period he wrote True Grit, on the cusp of the Second Wave of the U.S. women's movement, shape the way we understand Mattie Ross?  How have movie adaptations go​tten the story right—and wrong?