| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, genealogical table, maps |
| Contents |
Preparation for the journey -- The reality of mission life -- Building a home alone in the forest -- Standing with the Ojibwe against removal and smallpox -- Struggling against sickness -- Harriet's children -- Life without a mission |
| Summary |
Woman in the Wilderness is a collection of letters written between 1832 and 1892 to and by an American woman, Harriet Wood Wheeler. Harriet's letters reveal her experiences with actors and institutions that played pivotal roles in the history of American women: the nascent literate female work force at the mills in Lowell, Massachusetts; the Ipswich Female Seminary, which was one of the first schools for women teachers; women's associations, especially in churches; and the close and enduring ties that characterized women's relationships in the late nineteenth century. Harriet's letters also provide an intimate view of the relationships between American Indians and Euro-Americans in the Great Lakes region, where she settled with her Christian missionary husband |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894.
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Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 -- Correspondence
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Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 -- Family
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Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 fast |
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Women pioneers -- Wisconsin -- Biography
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Missionaries' spouses -- Wisconsin -- Biography
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Ojibwa Indians -- Missions -- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin
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Women -- Education -- United States -- Case studies
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HISTORY -- General.
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Ethnic relations
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Families
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Missionaries' spouses
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Ojibwa Indians -- Missions
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Women -- Education
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Women pioneers
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Wisconsin -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
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United States
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Wisconsin
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Biographies
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Case studies
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History
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Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781609172039 |
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1609172035 |
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9781628951455 |
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1628951451 |
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