Land in her own name : women as homesteaders in North Dakota / H. Elaine Lindgren.
Material type: TextPublication details: Fargo : North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, c1991.Description: viii, 300 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0911042393
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Not for Loan | Main Library | North Dakota Collection | 978.4082 L745 | Not for loan | 33111002296438 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 978.4082 L745 | Available | 33111001740360 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index.
HOMEBOUND c.4
NDC c.1
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