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A captivating account of the lives of Laura, Christine, and Caroline Lindhard, three sisters who left their home in Stege, Denmark, in 1870 due to war, political turmoil, and
limited opportunities, and sought out new lives in the Cariboo region of
British Columbia.

There are few stories of
entrepreneurial, business class women in nineteenth century BC. They
didn't keep diaries or save letters like the ruling class women often
did, and they were usually overlooked in newspaper reports. Yet many
came into British Columbia in the early years of the gold rush and
helped build and sustain the developing communities. This book tells the
stories of three sisters—Laura, Christine, and Caroline Lindhard—who
arrived in BC from Denmark in the 1870s. Coming of age in Europe, the
Lindhard sisters had aspirations that were restricted by societal norms
about what women could and should be and do.

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