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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Pickle, Linda Schelbitzki |
| Title, Monographic | Contented among strangers: Rural German-speaking women and their families in the nineteenth-century Midwest |
| Place of Publication | Urbana |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
| Date of Publication | 1996 |
| Extent of Work | xii, 311 |
| Abstract | This book examines the central role German-speaking women played in preserving their ethnic and cultural identity in rural areas of the Midwest. Even while living far from their original homelands, these women applied traditional European patterns of rural family life and values to their new homes in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. As a result they were often more content with their modest lives than were their Anglo-American counterparts. Through personal recollections -- including interesting diary accounts translated by the author, church and community documents, and migration and census data -- Pickle reveals the diversity and richness of the women's experiences. |
| Notes | ; book, in MadCat. |
| Call Number | MKI/COLL/SHS F358.2 G3 P53 1996 |
| MKI Terms | Women/ German Americans -- Illinois/ 17th century/ German Americans -- Iowa/ German Americans -- Kansas/ German Americans -- Missouri/ History/ 19th century/ Farm life/ Social life and customs/ Rural life & conditions/ Diaries/ Ethnic identity |