Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota
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- Synopsis
- "Land is often known by the names of past owners. "Emma's Land," "Gina's quarter," and "the Ingeborg Land" are reminders of the many women who homesteaded across North Dakota in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Land in Her Own Name records these homesteaders' experiences as revealed in interviews with surviving homesteaders and their families and friends, land records, letters, and diaries." "These women's fascinating accounts tell of locating a claim, erecting a shelter, and living on the prairie. Their ethnic backgrounds include Yankee, Scandinavian, German, and German-Russian, as well as African-American, Jewish, and Lebanese. Some were barely twenty-one, while others had reached their sixties. A few lived on their land for life and "never borrowed a cent against it"; others sold or rented the land to start a small business or to provide money for education."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
- Copyright:
- 1996
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 258 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780806128863
- Publisher:
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/31/09
- Copyrighted By:
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Kari G
- Proofread By:
- Ann
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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