Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Elinore Pruitt Stewart (born Elinore Pruitt; June 3, 1876 – October 8, 1933) was a homesteader in Wyoming, and a memoirist who between 1909 and 1914 wrote letters describing her life there to a former employer in Denver, Colorado. Those letters, which reveal an adventurous, capable, and resourceful woman of lively intelligence, were published in two collections in 1914 and 1915. The first of those collections, Letters of a Woman Homesteader, was the basis of the 1979 movie Heartland.
Elinore Pruitt Stewart | |
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The Stewart family in 1913: Elinore; Clyde; Clyde, Jr.; Calvin; and Jerrine. | |
| Born | Elinore Pruitt June 3, 1876 White Bead Hill, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory |
| Died | October 8, 1933 (aged 57) Rock Springs, Wyoming, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Elinore Rupert |
| Occupation(s) | Wyoming homesteader and writer |
| Years active | 1909–15 |
| Notable work | Letters of a Woman Homesteader |
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