History Speaker Series with Elisabeth Davis

About this episode

Dr. Elisabeth Davis discusses her book on Catholic Sisters and Native American Boarding Schools, as well as her upcoming work on Laura Ingalls Wilder.

In this History Speaker Series event, Dr. Elisabeth Davis discusses her book, Catholic Sisters, Narratives of Authority, and the Native American Boarding Schools, 1847-1918, and her upcoming book on Laura Ingalls Wilder, the community around Wilder and her family, and what that story says about the development of the American West.

People in this episode

Guest: Elisabeth Davis

Topics covered

• Catholic Sisters
• Native American Boarding Schools
• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• American West

Keywords

• history
• authority
• narratives

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Catholic Sisters, Narratives of Authority, Laura Ingalls Wilder book

Books & works: History Speaker Series, Catholic Sisters, Narratives of Authority, and the Native American Boarding Schools

Places: the American West

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