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Ruth Ann Alexander Papers

  • UA 053.022
  • Papers
  • 1947-2006

This collection is composed of material related to activities of Dr. Alexander. The bulk of the material is composed of files related to her writing and speeches. Folders consist of correspondence, research, agreements with publishers, grant material, and manuscripts. Researchers will also find records related to her term on the Brookings School Board including material related to her campaign, papers related to her involvement in Chautauqua, and records dealing with her term as head of the English Department at South Dakota State University, with a small amount of material related to courses she taught. Also included is material related to various other activities conducted by Alexander, such as her involvement with the Episcopal Church, and research dealing with women, women's rights, pioneer women, feminism and sexism. Also included are files related to Alexander’s term serving on the South Dakota Commission on the Status of Women.

Alexander, Ruth Ann

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Simpson, Ellen

"Shattering the Myth: Mary and Laura as antagonists in Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, and On the Banks of Plum Creek," Ellen Simpson Novotny, Heritage of the Great Plains, Vol. 28, no, 2, Fall/Winter 1995, pp. 48-65.

Miller, John E., 1945-2020

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