Letters of a Woman Homesteader - Stewart, Elinore Pruitt
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Elinore Pruitt Stewart wrote a historical narrative titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader. The letters provide a detailed account of Stewart's ranching career and the difficulties he faced. Currently listed on the US National Register of Historic Places is the Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead.Following the death of Mrs. Coney's first husband in a train accident, Stewart meets Mrs. Coney. Stewart eventually wants to remarry because she wants to improve herself. She marries a Scottish ranch owner she meets in Wyoming. Because she wishes to own the estate independently, Stewart keeps her marital…mehr

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Elinore Pruitt Stewart wrote a historical narrative titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader. The letters provide a detailed account of Stewart's ranching career and the difficulties he faced. Currently listed on the US National Register of Historic Places is the Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead.Following the death of Mrs. Coney's first husband in a train accident, Stewart meets Mrs. Coney. Stewart eventually wants to remarry because she wants to improve herself. She marries a Scottish ranch owner she meets in Wyoming. Because she wishes to own the estate independently, Stewart keeps her marital status a secret.There are 26 letters by Martha Stewart included in Letters of a Woman Homesteader. The letters describe day-to-day activities on the farm. She is committed to demonstrating that women are excellent homesteaders. Whether it's planning weddings or comforting widows after a funeral, she thrives on helping others. Although it is impossible to determine how accurate her letters are, modern evidence shows that she was a likeable person.The letters sent by Mrs. Coney show a woman who refrained from lamenting her lot in life. Letters of a Woman Homesteader includes her published letters. From sources, readers may learn more about homesteading in the 20th century. Both juvenile and older readers will find the letters to be understandable.
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Wyoming homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart was born Elinore Pruitt on June 3, 1876, and died on October 8, 1933. She sent letters to a previous employer in Denver, Colorado, outlining her life there. Two compilations of her letters were released in 1914 and 1915. The 1979 film Heartland was based on the first of those compilations. On June 3, 1876, Elinore Pruitt was born at White Bead Hill, which is now a deserted township in the Chickasaw Nation of Indian Territory. Near the Mexican border, her father passed away in the late 1870s while serving in the Army. She wed Harry Cramer Rupert, who was 48 at the time, somewhere about 1902. For many years, she kept her marriage a secret because she wanted to be able to claim the property as her own. She gave up her claim in 1912 in favor of her mother-in-law rather than risk losing it for failing to comply with the Homestead Acts' rules for claims made by unmarried women. The years 1909 to 1914 are covered in Letters of a Woman Homesteader. August through October 1914 are the two action-packed months covered in Letters on an Elk Hunt. When a horse bolted in 1926, a hay mower ran over her, causing severe injuries from which she never fully recovered.