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Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1878 - 1933)

Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1878 - 1933)

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The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident and went to Denver to seek support for herself and her two-year-old daughter, Jerrine. Turning her hand to the nearest work, she went out by the day as house-cleaner and laundress. Later, seeking to better herself, she accepted employment as a housekeeper for a well-to-do Scotch cattle-man, Mr. Stewart, who had taken up a quarter-section in Wyoming. The letters, written through several years to a former employer in Denver, tell the story of her new life in the new country. They are genuine letters, and are printed as written, except for occasional omissions and the alteration of some of the names. (Publishers’ Note, May 1914)Copyright ciesse Art
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  • 26 - Chapter 26
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  • 21 - Chapter 21
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