The Martindale Sisters of La Crosse Project

Universal themes that have surfaced during our research and reading:

• Dashed dreams

• No or low pay for women

• Pedigree and social classes

• Women-- poverty and domestic violence 

• Social and professional roles and opportunities for women

• New awareness and perception of Native Americans 

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A bit of historical context to help situate the characters and their world:

• The Progressive Movement

• The Chicago Renaissance

• The Ecology Movement and the struggle to save the Indiana Dunes

• The rise of private elite girls' colleges and what they were learning beyond math, science, philosophy

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