Where the Children Were: Why Rural North Dakota Families Defied Compulsory School Laws (1900-1920)

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Kendra HoffFollow

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Description

Through archival letters between rural parents and state officials, this zine tells the story of how compulsory schooling laws collided with everyday life on the North Dakota prairie. It reveals that children's absences from school were often acts of necessity and negotiation rather than neglect or defiance.

Publication Date

2-6-2026

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Hoff, Kendra, "Where the Children Were: Why Rural North Dakota Families Defied Compulsory School Laws (1900-1920)" (2026). History Hawks: A North Dakota History Zine. 12.
https://commons.und.edu/history-hawks/12

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