Description:
Throughout the mid-1800s, Coast and Interior Salish families arranged strategic cross-cultural marriages--peace-weaving alliances that played a crucial role in regional settlement. Like others, the four intermarried women profiled left a lasting legacy in their Puget Sound communities.
Brief description:
Candace Wellman, an expert in research methods and genealogy, holds bachelor's degrees in sociology, history, and secondary education, and has pursued graduate work in sociology. She makes regular public appearances related to women's history and early regional settlement. Active in multiple historical organizations, she received the 2013 State Volunteer Recognition Award from the Washington State Genealogical Society.
Review Quotes:
"Bellingham historian Candace Wellman has uncovered a fascinating chapter of Pacific Northwest history that for too long has been dismissed as inconsequential."
--Kitsap Sun