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- A Mind of Her Own: Helen Connor Laird and Family, 1888–1982
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
- Series: Wisconsin Land and Life
A Mind of Her Own: Helen Connor Laird and Family 1888–1982 captures the public achievement and 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.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- A Note on Some Family Names
- p. xvii
- 1. To Wisconsin
- pp. 3-10
- 2. Getting Ahead
- pp. 11-16
- 3. Marshfield
- pp. 17-27
- 7. Risky Business: 1908–1909
- pp. 53-59
- 8. Promising Years: 1909–1913
- pp. 60-70
- 9. Melvin Robert Laird
- pp. 71-79
- 11. War: 1917–1919
- pp. 99-117
- 12. Omaha: 1919–1923
- pp. 118-138
- 13. The Return: 1924–1931
- pp. 139-159
- 14. Surviving Losses: 1932–1936
- pp. 160-176
- 15. The Divided House: 1937–1939
- pp. 177-204
- 16. Endings and Beginnings: 1940–1944
- pp. 205-246
- 18. In a Man’s World: 1947–1950
- pp. 268-285
- 19. Regent: 1951–1959
- pp. 286-301
- 20. Family Matters: 1951–1959
- pp. 302-332
- 21. A Different World: 1960–1968
- pp. 333-359
- 23. Past and Present: 1975–1979
- pp. 383-406
- 24. Home: 1980–1982
- pp. 407-415
- Postscript
- pp. 416-418
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 467-469
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