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Julyan Peard effectively chose to write a biography within the framework of the transnational history of nation making. . . This makes the book not only more intellectually stimulating and informative but also useful and rewarding for scholars, students, and a general audience beyond academe. . . . The scope of Peard's research is wide and diverse. . . . Beyond the book's important transnational approach, this is a story about a woman's personal choices in places and times when political and social changes made by national male elites directly affected women's lives and decisions. Equally important is the fact that the author is a good storyteller, and she successfully tells the life story of one of her ancestors from an objective perspective. * Hispanic American Historical Review *

Julyan Peard effectively chose to write a biography within the framework of the transnational history of nation making. . . This makes the book not only more intellectually stimulating and informative but also useful and rewarding for scholars, students, and a general audience beyond academe. . . . The scope of Peard's research is wide and diverse. . . . Beyond the book's important transnational approach, this is a story about a woman's personal choices in places and times when political and social changes made by national male elites directly affected women's lives and decisions. Equally important is the fact that the author is a good storyteller, and she successfully tells the life story of one of her ancestors from an objective perspective. * Hispanic American Historical Review * This is a well-written, complexly contextualised and enormously interesting biography that will attract the attention of scholars involved in women and gender studies, transnational studies, and, to a lesser extent, those interested in the history of education. Non-Argentine readers will learn a great deal about Argentina during the beginning of the Golden Age (1880-1920), while Argentine readers can find much information about frontier life, female education and the East-West cultural gap in the United States. I have learned much from this book; I really enjoyed reading this biography and would expect other readers to have a similar experience. * Journal of Latin American Studies *

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Julyan G. Peard is professor emerita of Latin American History at San Francisco State University.

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