Norwegian American women : migration, communities, and identities /

Norwegian American women : migration, communities, and identities /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lahlum, Lori Ann, 1962-, Bergland, Betty A., 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Women immigrants in literature.
Women immigrants > United States > Economic conditions.
Women immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > United States > History.
Norwegian Americans in literature.
Norwegian American women > Economic conditions.
Norwegian American women > Social conditions.
Norwegian American women > History.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Gendered contexts : Norway and migration
  • Gender in Norway in the period of mass emigration / Elisabeth Lonnå
  • Norwegian immigration and women / Odd S. Lovoll
  • Creating gendered Norwegian American communities
  • Women, work, and community in rural Norwegian America, 1840-1920 / Lori Ann Lahlum
  • Finding their way in the city : Norwegian immigrant women and their daughters in urban areas, 1880s-1920s / David C. Mauk
  • Textile production in Norwegian America / Laurann Gilbertson
  • Home, health, and Christian respectability : Norwegian immigrant women in family and community health / Ann M. Legreid
  • Land taking at Spirit Lake: the competing logics of Norwegian and Dakota women, 1900 / Karen V. Hansen
  • Constructing gendered identities and meanings
  • The "hungry heroine" in Norwegian American fiction / Ingrid K. Urberg
  • Collective identities in life writings of Norwegian immigrant women / Betty A. Bergland.