Bibliograph

Calling this place home, women on the Wisconsin frontier, 1850-1925, Joan M. Jensen

Type

Label

Calling this place home, women on the Wisconsin frontier, 1850-1925, Joan M. Jensen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-493) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Calling this place home

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1023490915

Responsibility statement

Joan M. Jensen

Sub title

women on the Wisconsin frontier, 1850-1925

Summary

"From the nuns who built Wisconsin's hospitals to the Menominee Indians who maintained control of their forests and culture, the stories of these representative but often overlooked women bring a deeper understanding of the state's history and the broader developments that shaped women's lives."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

I: Building economies -- Moving in, staying put -- Woodlands -- Farmlands -- II: Protecting families and communities -- Healing -- Caring -- Learning -- Matters of the spirit -- Political landscapes -- III: Making a new home -- Migration stories -- Epilogue: remembering

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