Lawrence Historian Explores Antebellum American Masculinity in Main Hall Forum

APPLETON, WIS. -- Historian Monica Rico examines concepts of masculinity in antebellum America Thursday, May 23 in a Lawrence University Main Hall Forum.

Rico presents "A Question of Manhood: Sir William Drummond Stewart on The American Frontier, 1832-1843" at 4:30 p.m. in Main Hall, Room 202. The event is free and open to the public.

Rico will discuss the role travel and big-game hunting played in defining American masculinity prior to the Civil War. She will focus on Stewart, a Scottish nobleman who traveled in widely in the American West during the 1830s and '40s and the relationships he developed with the American men he hired as his guides.

A lecturer in the Lawrence history department, Rico joined the faculty in 2001. She earned her bachelor's and doctorate degrees in history at the University of California, Berkeley.