A Mind of Her Own: Helen Connor Laird and Family, 1888-1982 (Wisconsin Land and Life) by Helen L. Laird - 2006-01-20

University of Wisconsin Press, 2006-01-20. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1.

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University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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University of Wisconsin Press, 2009. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 9x6x1. Merry Christmas" on first blank page. 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. Laird, born Helen Connor, spent most of her life in central and northern Wisconsin, where her family owned a successful lumber business. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin (UW) in 1912 and married her husband, Melvin, the following year. Their third son, named for his father, would become the U.S. secretary of defense in 1969. Helen, an active clubwoman, helped found the Wood County Republican Woman’s Club in the 1940s. She also supported the Council on… Read More

Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. first printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. xvii, 508 p, many photos mostly portraits, 23cm tall, octavo. Wisconsin Land and Life series, Arnold Alanen series editor.

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Hardback. New. Captures the public achievement and private pain of a Wisconsin woman and her family. Helen's home influences, Presbyterian background, education and talents impelled her to lead. This book, based on a family's history, speaks about the way we were and are, a stridently materialistic nation with a deep and persistent spiritual component.

Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 2006. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 526 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches.

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