Aagot Raaen

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Aagot Raaen (December 3, 1873 - January 7, 1957) was an American author and educator. [1]

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Background

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]

Career

Raaen 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]

Raaen wrote several historical articles and books, including the 1950 autobiographical work Grass of the Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota country. Through a description of her family's homesteading days, Raaen detailed pioneer life on the prairie. She also wrote many short essays and biographies of pioneer families. [7]

Selected works

Papers

Raaen's papers are contained at the North Dakota State University Institute for Regional Studies: [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Aagot Raaen, Biography (Read North Dakota)
  2. ↑ Rosa H. Johnson (June 1940). "Early Hatton". 1884 to 1984 Hatton Centennial, A Century of Change. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Raaen Family" (PDF). deervalleypress.com. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Students and Schools". North Dakota Studies — State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Aagot Raaen, Portrait (Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo)
  6. ↑ "The History of Oak Grove Lutheran School". Oak Grove Lutheran School. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ Introduction to New Edition (Barbara Handy-Marchello. Minnesota Historical Society Press. October 1994)
  8. ↑ "Aagot Raaen Papers, 1915-1953". North Dakota State University Libraries. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
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