BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20221116T003000Z DTEND:20221116T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Unmarried Women in the Homestead Act of 1862 DESCRIPTION:***This event was originally scheduled for Thursday\, November 10th but was rescheduled to Tuesday\, November 15th due to potential winter weather***\n\n\n\nThe Pipestone County Museum will be hosting Hannah Haksgaard\, author and Professor of Law\, with her presentation entitled "Unmarried Women in the Homestead Act of 1862." This talk will share the fascinating history of the Congressional decision to include unmarried women in the Homestead Act of 1862. The presentation also analyzes how the lived experiences of female homesteaders matched up with the expectations of the Congressional members who included them\, on such topics as women's willingness and ability to homestead\, women's equality\, and women's role in marriage and reproduction. \n\n\n\nHannah Haksgaard is a Professor of Law at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law where she teaches in the areas of property law and family law. She writes on those topics as well as the rural lawyer shortage. Hannah received her B.A. from the University of Kentucky and her J.D. from Berkeley Law. After law school\, she clerked for federal judges at the District of South Dakota and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. \n\n\n\nThis presentation is being sponsored by the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. The presentation will take place Thursday\, November 10th beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the community room of the Pipestone County Courthouse. The event is FREE and open to the public. For more information contact the Pipestone County Museum at (507) 825-2563 or by email at pipctymu@iw.net. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
***This event was originally scheduled for Thursday\, November 10th but was rescheduled to Tuesday\, November 15th due to potential winter weather***
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The Pipestone County Museum will be hosting Hannah Haksgaard\, author and Professor of Law\, with her presentation entitled "\;Unmarried Women in the Homestead Act of 1862."\; \; This talk will share the fascinating history of the Congressional decision to include unmarried women in the Homestead Act of 1862. The presentation also analyzes how the lived experiences of female homesteaders matched up with the expectations of the Congressional members who included them\, on such topics as women&rsquo\;s willingness and ability to homestead\, women&rsquo\;s equality\, and women&rsquo\;s role in marriage and reproduction. \;
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\nHannah Haksgaard is a Professor of Law at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law where she teaches in the areas of property law and family law. She writes on those topics as well as the rural lawyer shortage. Hannah received her B.A. from the University of Kentucky and her J.D. from Berkeley Law. After law school\, she clerked for federal judges at the District of South Dakota and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. \;
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\nThis presentation is being sponsored by the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. \; The presentation will take place Thursday\, November 10th beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the community room of the Pipestone County Courthouse. \; The event is FREE and open to the public. For more information contact the Pipestone County Museum at (507) 825-2563 or by email at pipctymu@iw.net.
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