Estby Helga (w1922)
New York World, 25.12.1896, page 3 (https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86079138/)
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Estby Helga (w1922)

  • Description: On May 5, 1896, Helga Estby set out from Spokane (Washington) with her daughter Clara, aiming to reach New York. They arrived by Christmas, hoping to collect the $10'000 prize offered to the woman who completed a coast-to-coast walk. Unfortunately, Helga did not receive the money she needed to save her farm from foreclosure
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Norway, Norvegia, Norvège
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1860-1942
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helga_Estby
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4947225
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hunt L., Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America, University of Idaho Press, 2003. Estby Dagg, The Year We Were Famous, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

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