| Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| Chapter One Women Images in Willa Cather's Early Short Fictions and The Alexander's Bridge | 第16-46页 |
| ·The traditional female stereotypes: "angel" and "monster" | 第18-34页 |
| ·The Talented But "Failed" Women Artists | 第34-39页 |
| ·The Estranged Relation Between Men and Women | 第39-46页 |
| Chapter Two The Turning Point: Alexandra's Awakening in O Pioneers! | 第46-67页 |
| ·Alexandra's Androgynous Qualities | 第47-54页 |
| ·Alexandra's Intimate Relationship with the Land | 第54-67页 |
| Chapter Three Antonia: The Transcendence of Self and Integration with the Land | 第67-89页 |
| ·The Transcendence of Self: Antonia's Search for Female Identity | 第70-77页 |
| ·Well-integrated Self and Land | 第77-89页 |
| Conclusion | 第89-93页 |
| Bibliography | 第93-98页 |
