Land in Her Own Name - Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota
Land in Her Own Name - Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota by H. Elaine Lindgren
This book was inspired by Fr. William Sherman, who documented homesteads, sod houses, and mapped ethnicity of North Dakota. I was enlisted to draw a floor plan of a sod house (which I did poorly). In his studies, he noticed the number of women who had laid claim on homesteads, most single and native born, some widowed.
The book is the result of research by the authors, full of stories, and photographs. Homesteading required that a home (better described as a shack, shanty, or dugout, sometimes just one 8×10 room) must be built on the property and occupied for (usually) 14 months to prove up the homestead.
The authors mention how the quarters of land assume the names of the settlers. The only land that a farmer might refer to otherwise would be Section 16, the school quarter. The first name of the women settlers often became the familiar names of those properties.
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Land in Her Own Name - Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota by H. Elaine Lindgren
This book was inspired by Fr. William Sherman, who documented homesteads, sod houses, and mapped ethnicity of North Dakota. I was enlisted to draw a floor plan of a sod house (which I did poorly). In his studies, he noticed the number of women who had laid claim on homesteads, most single and native born, some widowed.
The book is the result of research by the authors, full of stories, and photographs. Homesteading required that a home (better described as a shack, shanty, or dugout, sometimes just one 8×10 room) must be built on the property and occupied for (usually) 14 months to prove up the homestead.
The authors mention how the quarters of land assume the names of the settlers. The only land that a farmer might refer to otherwise would be Section 16, the school quarter. The first name of the women settlers often became the familiar names of those properties.
Paperback - Like new
Land in Her Own Name - Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota by H. Elaine Lindgren
This book was inspired by Fr. William Sherman, who documented homesteads, sod houses, and mapped ethnicity of North Dakota. I was enlisted to draw a floor plan of a sod house (which I did poorly). In his studies, he noticed the number of women who had laid claim on homesteads, most single and native born, some widowed.
The book is the result of research by the authors, full of stories, and photographs. Homesteading required that a home (better described as a shack, shanty, or dugout, sometimes just one 8×10 room) must be built on the property and occupied for (usually) 14 months to prove up the homestead.
The authors mention how the quarters of land assume the names of the settlers. The only land that a farmer might refer to otherwise would be Section 16, the school quarter. The first name of the women settlers often became the familiar names of those properties.
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press (October 15, 1996)
Language : English
Paperback : 318 pages
ISBN-10 : 0806128860
ISBN-13 : 978-0806128863
Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.74 x 9.21 inches