{"product_id":"land-in-her-own-name-women-as-homesteaders-in-north-dakota-paperback-softback-9780806128863","title":"Land in Her Own Name; Women As Homesteaders in North Dakota (Paperback \/ softback) 9780806128863","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLand in Her Own Name\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen As Homesteaders in North Dakota\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. Elaine Lindgren (Author), Elizabeth Jameson (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806128863\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e318 pages, 194 black \u0026amp; white illustrations, 13 figures\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.517 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLand 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this paperback edition, Elizabeth Jameson's foreword situates the homesteading experience for women within the larger context of western history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702371086616,"sku":"9780806128863","price":16.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/land-in-her-own-name-women-as-homesteaders-in-north-dakota-paperback-softback-9780806128863","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}