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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Bosshard-Kaelin, Susann |
| Title, Monographic | Westward: Encounters with Swiss American Women |
| Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Publisher | Swiss American Historical Society |
| Date of Publication | 2010 |
| Extent of Work | 291 pp., ill. (some col.) |
| Series Title | Swiss American Historical Society Publication |
| Series Vol. ID | No. 29 |
| Abstract | From back cover: 15 portraits of Swiss women who immigrated to the United States in the 20th century. They hailed from different Swiss cantons, came from varied familial and occupational backgrounds, and are living in different states of the USA, while two have returned to Switzerland. They tell of their varied experiences at home and abroad, of joys and crises, of the possibilities and limitations of life, of desires, homesickness, and new bonds. Contents: 15 Portraits. Ellen Carney-Ernst; Margot Ammann Durrer; Rosa Schupbach-Lechner; Linda Geiser; Marion Schlapfer-Brandes; Lillet Lee-von Schallen; Marie-Simone Pavlovich-Ludwig; Margrit Meier-Sidler; Martha Bernet-Zumstein; Marianne Burkhard; Elsbeth Bollier-Bueche; Nelly Schleicher; Margrit Mondavi Biever Kellenberger; Anna Conti-Tonini; Luise Buergler-Bruhin by Susann Bosshard-Kaelin -- They Went Before. Four Historical Portraits. Esther Werndli Goetschi; Anna Thommen Wister; Elisabeth Haberstich Bigler; Louise Guillermin Dupertuis by Leo Schelbert -- Essay. Women in 20th Century America by Leo Schelbert. |
| Notes | Postscript by Leo Schelbert. Includes bibliographical references (pp. 286-287). Translation of: Westwaerts: Begegnungen mit Amerika-Schweizerinnen |
| Call Number | MKI E184 S9 B6713 2010 [copy also at WHS, call number: E184 S9 B67 2010] |
| MKI Terms | Swiss American women -- Biography/ Women immigrants -- United States -- Biography/ Interviews/ 20th century |