The first meeting of the new year promises to be a good one. Author and historian Betty Bergland will be our featured speaker. UW-River Falls professor emerita of history, Betty taught 20th century U.S. history--including women's and immigration history--and has devoted her research and scholarship to migration studies, especially gendered and racial dimensions. She is co-editor of a book entitled Norwegian American Women: Migration, Communities, and Identities published by the Minnesota Historical Society in 2011. She has also presented papers both in the U.S. and in Norway on this subject.
Her talk on January 14, 2016, is entitled "Migration from Europe to the Upper Midwest: Motives, Adaptations, and Impacts."
For all of us with immigrant forebears to this region, this talk will prove to be both interesting and informative.
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