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Randolph, John W 2023-08 application/pdf en text Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01 The student, Laurel Tollison, accepted the attached license on 2023-07-21 at 08:53. The student, Laurel Tollison, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2023-07-21 at 08:57. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2023-07-21 at 15:39. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19767 on 2023-12-04 at 17:36:10 Women were colonizers too: The role of women in the colonization of Russian America Tollison, Laurel Anne 2023-07-21 Russia Empire Gender This thesis contributes to the historiography of Russian history and gender history. The use of gender theory to understand empires is very common, but many scholars have not yet used gender theory to explore the Russian Empire. I focus on the role of women in the Russian colonization of one of the only overseas colonies of the empire, Russian America. I use the diaries and letters from five women who were married to Russian traders and officials. These five women were Natalia Shelikhova, Anna Bering, Elisabeth von Wrangell, Margaretha Etholen, and Anna Furuhjelm. I analyze their roles through five separate themes including: marriage, trade, society, education, and motherhood. My goal in the thesis is to show how women contributed to the colonization of Russian America through their marriages to Russian traders and officials. Text eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121284 Copyright 2023 Laurel Tollison M.A. Thesis Russian, E Eur, Eurasian St University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Russian,E European,Eurasn Ctr