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Norwegian American Women Migration, Communities, and Identities

Paperback • 2011 • English

Norwegian American Women Migration, Communities, and Identities

By Betty A. Bergland, Lori Ann Lahlum

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About the book

The history of Norwegian settlement in the United States has often been told through the eyes of prominent men, while the women are imagined in the form of O. E. Rølvaag's fictionalized heroine Beret Holm, who made the best of life on the frontier but whose gaze seemed ever fixed on her long-lost home. The true picture is more complex. In an area spanning the Midwest and rural West and urban areas such as Seattle, Chicago, and Brooklyn, Norwegian American women found themselves in varied circums...Show more

Migration, immigration and emigration
Violence and abuse in society
Gender studies: women and girls

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ISBN

9780873518208

Publisher

Minnesota Historical Society Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Norwegian American Women Migration, Communities, and Identities

Format

Paperback

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