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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971249603321

Autore

Laird Helen <1933->

Titolo

A mind of her own : Helen Connor Laird and family, 1888-1982 / / Helen Laird

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books, c2006

ISBN

9786612270024

9781282270022

1282270028

9780299214531

0299214532

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 508 p. : ill

Collana

Wisconsin land and life

Soggetti

Pioneers - Wisconsin

Frontier and pioneer life - Wisconsin

Women political activists - Wisconsin

Political activists - Wisconsin

Wisconsin Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-469) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A Mind of Her Own: Helen Connor Laird and Family 1888-1982 captures the public achievementand private pain of a remarkable Wisconsin woman and her family, whose interests and influence extended well beyond the borders of the state.Spanning almost a century, the history speaks to the way we were and are: a stridently materialistic nation with a deep and persistent spiritual component.