Helga estby biography template
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HELGA ESTBY A story about a Norwegian immigrant named Helga Estby and her walk across the American continent in 1896. Helga estby biography templateSince the financial Panic of 1893 and her husband's accidents, the family could not pay the mortgage or taxes on their home and farmland. Together with Clara, her 19-year-old daughter, Helga tried to save her family farm by walking 3,500 miles from Spokane, Washington across country to New York City in an effort to win a $10,000 prize. "In order to truly celebrate the raising up of women's voices through the ballot box, we need to understand the realities of the silencing of women's voices and experience in our history. Here is one woman's story, with thanks to Linda Lawrence Hunt (see her book, Bold Spirit)." Linda Allen |
at a house concert in Everett, WA, Feb.
7, 2010
I'll never forget the first time I saw her |