A Mind of Her Own: Helen Connor Laird and Family, 1888–1982
by Helen L. Laird
University of Wisconsin Press, 2006 eISBN: 978-0-299-21453-1 | Cloth: 978-0-299-21450-0 Library of Congress Classification CT275.L245L35 2006
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Helen Laird is author of Carl Oscar Borg and the Magic Region: Artists of the American West. She lives in Marshfield, Wisconsin, and serves on the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Board of Curators.
REVIEWS
“This biography of my grandmother interweaves a woman's personal story with the history of her time. I found it to be a deeply moving, well researched, suspenseful odyssey.”—Jessica Doyle
“A Mind of Her Own is first and foremost the highly insightful biography of a remarkable woman who was an astute participant/observer in many of the most significant events and developments of her time over nearly nine decades. It is the saga of one of Wisconsin’s most important and influential families over three generations.”—John Buenker, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin–Parkside
TABLE OF CONTENTS
<table of contents, p. ix>
Contents
List of Illustrations 000
Prologue 000
Acknowledgements 000
A Note on Some Family Names 000
1. To Wisconsin 000
2. Getting Ahead 000
3. Marshfield 000
4. Laona 000
5. A Meeting of Titans: Robert La Follette and W.D. Connor 000
6. Business, Politics and Family: 1906-1907 000
7. Risky Business: 1908-1909 000
8. Promising Years: 1909-1913 000
9. Melvin Robert Laird 000
10. Illinois Versus Wisconsin 000
11. War: 1917-1919 000
12. Omaha: 1919-1923 000
13. The Return: 1924-1931 000
14. Surviving Losses: 1932-1936 000
15. The Divided House: 1937-1939 000
16. Endings and Beginnings: 1940-1944 000
17. Another Ending, Another Beginning: 1945-1946 000
18. In a Man's World: 1947-1950 000
19. Regent: 1951-1959 000
20. Family Matters: 1951-1959 000
21. A Different World: 1960-1968 000
22. The Mother, The Politician, and The Professor: 1969-1974 000
23. Past and Present: 1975-1979 000
24. Home: 1980-1982 000
Postscript 000
Selected Bibliography 000
Index 000
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A Mind of Her Own: Helen Connor Laird and Family, 1888–1982
by Helen L. Laird
University of Wisconsin Press, 2006 eISBN: 978-0-299-21453-1 Cloth: 978-0-299-21450-0
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Helen Laird is author of Carl Oscar Borg and the Magic Region: Artists of the American West. She lives in Marshfield, Wisconsin, and serves on the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Board of Curators.
REVIEWS
“This biography of my grandmother interweaves a woman's personal story with the history of her time. I found it to be a deeply moving, well researched, suspenseful odyssey.”—Jessica Doyle
“A Mind of Her Own is first and foremost the highly insightful biography of a remarkable woman who was an astute participant/observer in many of the most significant events and developments of her time over nearly nine decades. It is the saga of one of Wisconsin’s most important and influential families over three generations.”—John Buenker, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin–Parkside
TABLE OF CONTENTS
<table of contents, p. ix>
Contents
List of Illustrations 000
Prologue 000
Acknowledgements 000
A Note on Some Family Names 000
1. To Wisconsin 000
2. Getting Ahead 000
3. Marshfield 000
4. Laona 000
5. A Meeting of Titans: Robert La Follette and W.D. Connor 000
6. Business, Politics and Family: 1906-1907 000
7. Risky Business: 1908-1909 000
8. Promising Years: 1909-1913 000
9. Melvin Robert Laird 000
10. Illinois Versus Wisconsin 000
11. War: 1917-1919 000
12. Omaha: 1919-1923 000
13. The Return: 1924-1931 000
14. Surviving Losses: 1932-1936 000
15. The Divided House: 1937-1939 000
16. Endings and Beginnings: 1940-1944 000
17. Another Ending, Another Beginning: 1945-1946 000
18. In a Man's World: 1947-1950 000
19. Regent: 1951-1959 000
20. Family Matters: 1951-1959 000
21. A Different World: 1960-1968 000
22. The Mother, The Politician, and The Professor: 1969-1974 000
23. Past and Present: 1975-1979 000
24. Home: 1980-1982 000
Postscript 000
Selected Bibliography 000
Index 000
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