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BL
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1032097
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b786467
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| Main Entry
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Laird, Helen,1933-
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| Title & Author
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A mind of her own : : Helen Connor Laird and family, 1888-1982 /\ Helen Laird.
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| Publication Statement
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Madison, Wis. :: University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Wisconsin land and life
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1 online resource (xvii, 508 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0299214532
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: 1282270028
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: 6612270020
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: 9780299214531
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: 9781282270022
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: 9786612270024
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0299214508
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9780299214500
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-469) and index.
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| Contents
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List of Illustrations; Prologue; Acknowledgments; A Note on Some Family Names; 1. To Wisconsin; 2. Getting Ahead; 3. Marshfield; 4. Laona; 5. A Meeting of Titans: Robert La Follette and W.D. Connor; 6. Business, Politics, and Family: 1906-1907; 7. Risky Business: 1908-1909; 8. Promising Years: 1909-1913; 9. Melvin Robert Laird; 10. Illinois versus Wisconsin: 1913-1916; 11. War: 1917-1919 ; 12. Omaha: 1919-1923 ; 13. The Return: 1924-1931; 14. Surviving Losses: 1932-1936; 15. The Divided House: 1937-1939 ; 16. Endings and Beginnings: 1940-1944.
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17. Another Ending, Another Beginning: 1945-1946 18. In a Man's World: 1947-1950; 19. Regent: 1951-1959; 20. Family Matters: 1951-1959 ; 21. A Different World: 1960-1968 ; 22. The Mother, the Politician, and the Professor: 1969-1974 ; 23. Past and Present: 1975-1979; 24. Home: 1980-1982; Postscript; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
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Laird, Helen Connor,1888-1982.
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Laird, Helen Connor,1888-1982.
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Laird family.
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O'Connor family.
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Laird family.
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O'Connor family.
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Frontier and pioneer life-- Wisconsin.
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Pioneers-- Wisconsin, Biography.
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Political activists-- Wisconsin, Biography.
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Women political activists-- Wisconsin, Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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Pioneers.
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Political activists.
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REFERENCE-- Genealogy Heraldry.
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Women political activists.
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Wisconsin, Biography.
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Wisconsin.
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| Dewey Classification
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929.20973
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| LC Classification
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CT275.L245L35 2006eb
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