| 词条 | Aagot Raaen |
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BackgroundAagot Raaen was one of five children born to Thomas T. Raaen (1827-1903) and Ragnhild (Rodningen) Raaen (1839-1923), who were immigrants from Norway. In June 1874, the family had moved to Dakota Territory settling near Hatton, North Dakota. Thomas Raaen homesteaded 160 acres of land in Newburgh Township (now in Steele County, North Dakota). Aagot Raaen put herself through school and college. In 1903, Raaen graduated from the Mayville State Normal School, now Mayville State University. In 1913, she graduated from the University of Minnesota. She later did graduate work at universities in Berlin and Hawaii.[2] [3][4]EducatorRaaen taught at rural schools in North Dakota as well as at Oak Grove Lutheran School in Fargo, North Dakota. From 1917 to 1922, she was the Superintendent of Schools in Steele County, North Dakota. In 1922, she began teaching at a number of post-secondary institutions in Hawaii.[5] [6]AuthorRaaen authored several historical articles and books including the 1950 autobiographic work Grass of the Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota country. Through a description of the life of her family during their homesteading days, Raaen detailed pioneer life on the prairie. She also authored numerous short essays and biographies of pioneer families.[7] Selected works
PapersRaaen's papers are contained at the North Dakota State University Institute for Regional Studies:[8]
References1. ^Aagot Raaen, Biography (Read North Dakota) 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hattonnd.com/index.asp?SEC=E933DE55-C02C-4EF4-8380-D4A1006AA73E&Type=B_BASIC|title= Early Hatton|publisher= 1884 to 1984 Hatton Centennial, A Century of Change|author= Rosa H. Johnson|date=June 1940 |accessdate= January 10, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.deervalleypress.com/wp-cms/wp-content/uploads/The_Raaen_Family.pdf|title= The Raaen Family |publisher= deervalleypress.com|accessdate= January 10, 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://ndstudies.gov/gr8/content/unit-iii-waves-development-1861-1920/lesson-3-building-communities/topic-2-schools/section-3-students-and-schools|title= Students and Schools |publisher= North Dakota Studies — State Historical Society of North Dakota|accessdate= January 10, 2016}} 5. ^Aagot Raaen, Portrait (Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo) 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oakgrovelutheran.com/en/default/schools/history/|title= The History of Oak Grove Lutheran School|publisher= Oak Grove Lutheran School|accessdate= January 10, 2016}} 7. ^Introduction to New Edition (Barbara Handy-Marchello. Minnesota Historical Society Press. October 1994) 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://library.ndsu.edu/repository/handle/10365/303|title= Aagot Raaen Papers, 1915-1953|publisher= North Dakota State University Libraries|accessdate= January 10, 2016}} External links
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