Natalia Shelikhova

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Natalia Shelikhova is written by Dawn Lea Black and published by University of Alaska Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1602230668 (ISBN 10) and 9781602230668 (ISBN 13).

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.