Table of Contents
Elsie
Hamburger
by
Lois
Halliday
McDonald
Biography
of
the
typified
"new
woman"
in
an
economic
climate
hostile
to
single
parents,
later
becoming
Butte
County's
"Mrs.
Republican."
Prologue
The Kansas Years
Early Memories of a Precocious "Brat"
School Years on the Prairie
School Marm on Horseback
Montana
Conquering the Western Frontier
Joined by Sister Gertie
Father Met ... and Rejected
Falling in Love
Isaac Hamburger
Married Life
Politics and Motherhood
Family Changes
First Glimpses of Paradise
Letters that Bring Crisis
Paradise Becomes Home for Elsie
Ike's Life Ends Tragically
A Widow Faces an Uncertain Future
Pride and Pain
Elsie Launches into a Profession
Struggle to Survive
Happy Times-Hard Times
Invading Bastions of Male Republicanism
Children No More
Personal Freedom
War Years; Prosperous Times
Paradise Begins to Grow
Horses and Other Trail Friends
Ghost from the Past?
The Political Stature of Elsie Hamburger
"Such a Character!"
Winding Down
