This reading response will focus on Flora Annie Steel's The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook and "Gender, Race, and Empire" by Margaret Strobel. In your two page paper, describe the various roles of European women in the context of imperialism. What does Flora Annie Steel's text tell us about both the experiences of European women in the colonies, and how European, or even specifically English women, saw themselves and their role in relation to the native population. Use specific references from the text.

This reading response will focus on Flora Annie Steel’s The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook and “Gender, Race, and Empire” by Margaret Strobel. In your two page paper, describe the various roles of European women in the context of imperialism. Read More …