Westward. Encounters with Swiss American Women

SUSANN BOSSHARD-KÄLIN

WESTWARD

Encounters with Swiss American Women

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Leo Schelbert

They Went Before: Four Historical Portraits

Essay: Women in 20^th Century America

This book is Swiss American Historical Society Publication No. 29.

Fotos: Annina Bosshard (except of L. Geiser by Christoph Müller)

Selection of Historical Pictures: Leo Schelbert

Translations:

Marianne Burkhard (E. Bollier, M. Burkhard, E. Carney, L. Geiser, L. Lee, M.-S. Pavlovich, M. Schlapfer, N. Schleicher, R. Schupbach) Leo Schelbert (all other texts, except own translations provided by M. Ammann Durrer and M. Bernet)

Copy Editors:

Rita Emch, New York and Wendy Everham, Wilmette, Illinois

All Rights Reserved

©2010 Susann Bosshard-Kälin, Egg, Switzerland

©2014 Limmat Verlag, Zürich

eISBN: 978-3-857-91992-3

Library of Congress Control Number: 2010928492

To My Parents with Deepest Gratitude

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