威拉·凯瑟是美国文坛上著名的乡土文学女作家,是对美国西进运动进行热情歌颂的伟大诗人。《啊,拓荒者!》是她的第一部具有影响力的作品。本文通过对凯瑟的小说中的女拓荒者进行人物形象分析,揭示其中蕴涵的凯瑟的女性主义思想:对父权社会的不满和控诉以及对被压迫妇女的深切同情。 Willa Cather is a famous Native American woman writer in the literary world and a great poet who passionately celebrates the Westward Movement of the United States. “Ah, Pioneers!” Is her first influential work. By analyzing the image of the female pioneers in Kaiser’s novels, this article reveals the Catherine’s feminist ideas implied in the thesis: dissatisfaction and complaint about the patriarchal society and deep sympathy for the oppressed women.