German-Americans make up one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, yet their very success at assimilating has also made them one of the least visible. What were their experiences? What cultural baggage did they bring with them, and how did it affect their lives in America? How did the German-speaking immigrants differ among themselves, and how did these differences influence their behavior and reactions? Contented among Strangers attempts to answer these questions by examining the central role German-speaking women played in preserving their ethnic and cultural identity in rural areas of the Midwest. Even while living far from their original homelands, these women applied traditional European patterns of rural family life and values to their new homes in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. As a result they were often more content with their modest lives than were their Anglo-American counterparts. Through personal recollections - including interesting diary accounts translated by the author, church and community documents, and migration and census data - Pickle reveals the diversity and richness of the women's experiences.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Very informative book,
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This review is from: Contented among Strangers: Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island) (Paperback)
The author gives you a real feeling for the lives women emigrating from German speaking countries. It is very informative and quite a good reference. I found it somewhat difficult reading because of the numerous citations and language style. Very good if you want to find out about the experiences of the German speaking immigrant woman.
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Great Book for Genealogists,
This review is from: Contented among Strangers: Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island) (Paperback)
I was searching for information that might give me some insight into the lifestyle, customs and feelings of my female German ancestors who settled in south west Illinois in the mid nineteenth century. I found the book "Contented Among Strangers" by Linda Schelbitzki Pickle to be a great help to me. I recommend it to other genealogists with German ancestry who want to understand more about their female ancestors than just names and dates on a chart.
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Excellent look at real lives of German immigrants,
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This is an excellent book! Not only for genealogists, but for anyone wanting a glimpse into the real lives of immigrant women. German women are the subject, but their experiences allow us to see into the feelings of anyone leaving their homeland forever. Some of the experiences of these women read as smoothly as the best fiction writer in spite of numerous references which lend credibility. I highly recommend this book.
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A few of the women among the German-speaking immigrants in the Midwest lived on their own, but the majority were in family units. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wandern aus, native parentage, agricultural wage earners, other immigrant women, female frontier, manuscript census, impartible inheritance, immigrant church, perpetual adoration, female wage earners Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, United States, Jette Bruns, Missouri Synod, Mother Anselma, Great Plains, Joseph Venus, Louise Ritter, Dina Venus, Maria Rickenbach, Susanna Krehbiel, Ellis County, Father Adelhelm, Christian Krehbiel, Jürnjakob Swehn, Barbara Rueß, Elise Isely, Helena Eitzen, Pauline Gauß Wendt, Perry County, World War, Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, Civil War, Clayton County New!
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A few of the women among the German-speaking immigrants in the Midwest lived on their own, but the majority were in family units. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wandern aus, native parentage, agricultural wage earners, other immigrant women, female frontier, manuscript census, impartible inheritance, immigrant church, perpetual adoration, female wage earners Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, United States, Jette Bruns, Missouri Synod, Mother Anselma, Great Plains, Joseph Venus, Louise Ritter, Dina Venus, Maria Rickenbach, Susanna Krehbiel, Ellis County, Father Adelhelm, Christian Krehbiel, Jürnjakob Swehn, Barbara Rueß, Elise Isely, Helena Eitzen, Pauline Gauß Wendt, Perry County, World War, Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, Civil War, Clayton County New!
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- Ethnicity on the Great Plains by Frederick C. Luebke in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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