Woman in the wilderness [electronic resource] : letters of Harriet Wood Wheeler, missionary wife, 1832-1892 / Nancy Bunge.
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TextPublication details: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010.Description: xvi, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, mapsSubject(s): - Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894
- Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 -- Correspondence
- Wheeler, Harriet Wood, 1816-1894 -- Family
- Women pioneers -- Wisconsin -- Biography
- Missionaries' spouses -- Wisconsin -- Biography
- Ojibwa Indians -- Missions -- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin
- Women -- Education -- United States -- Case studies
- Wisconsin -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
- 977.5/03092 B 22
- F584.W47 B86 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preparation for the journey -- The reality of mission life -- Building a home alone in the forest -- Standing with the Ojibwe against removal and smallpox -- Struggling against sickness -- Harriet's children -- Life without a mission.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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