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That Other Form Of Madness: A Multidisciplinary Study Of Infectious Disease Within The Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery, Helen Marie Werner
That Other Form Of Madness: A Multidisciplinary Study Of Infectious Disease Within The Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery, Helen Marie Werner
Theses and Dissertations
Between the years of 1882 and 1925, the Milwaukee County Poor Farm buried several
thousand members of Milwaukee’s indigent population in what would later be designated
Cemetery II. In 1991 and early 1992, after discovery of the cemetery during construction of parts
of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center, 1,649 burials were excavated. The graves had long
been abandoned and the headstones bulldozed, leaving a register of burials without any obvious
way of associating each individual with their identity. A copy of the register is curated at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archaeological Research Laboratory. The Milwaukee
County Poor Farm was a …
Female Leaders: A Re-Evaluation Of Women During The Viking Age, Sorayda Santos
Female Leaders: A Re-Evaluation Of Women During The Viking Age, Sorayda Santos
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis will re-examine the roles of women in the Viking world. Did Viking women dominate the home or did they participate in activities that have traditionally been associated with men? This thesis will bring together historical data and archaeological excavation data to demonstrate that Viking women were leaders.