Natalia Shelikhova

Download or read book Natalia Shelikhova written by Dawn Lea Black and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes available for the first time in English a variety of primary source materials relating to the life and work of Natalia Shelikov, a pioneering nineteenth-century Russian-American businesswoman. As a principal of the Russian-American Company, Shelikov worked in Alaska, and her business acumen and wide-ranging connections—including the empress of Russia and a swathe of northern leaders—were crucial to the growth of Alaska’s economy, as well as to the welfare of the Native people, in whose life and culture she took a strong interest. The letters, petitions, and personal documents presented here will be indispensable for students of Alaska and nineteenth-century women’s history.