Coney for late letter writing.Įlinore's life on the homestead is a surprising combination of hard work and self-made joy and leisure. Her humility is also displayed through her consistent apologizing to Mrs. However, most of her letters feature others prominently as the heroes of the story, which indicates Elinore's humility. She is always helpful and is constantly looking for a good adventure.
She has her own goal of becoming a woman homesteader in a time when few believe that a woman can do the job on her own. Elinore's character comes out clearly in the letters she is jovial, energetic and determined. They are largely short stories written by a woman who was once a writer for the Kansas City Star. Coney found the letters so fascinating and amusing that she decided to have them published in the Atlantic Monthly, which made them rather famous. The letters are all genuine, with only the smallest alterations and tell of Elinore's experiences in Wyoming between 19. So she became the housekeeper for a Wyoming rancher, a Scotsman named Clyde Stewart. When Elinore's husband died in a railroad accident, she held down odd jobs until she heard about the possibility of getting her own homestead and being self-sufficient. Letters of a Woman Homesteader is a compilation of letters written by a young woman named Elinore Rupert, a widow with a small daughter named Jerrine, to her former employer, Mrs.
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