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Elinore's Endeavor By Betsy Chutchian for Moda
Elinore Pruitt Stewart was born in 1876
in the Indian Territory of what is now
Oklahoma. Having raised her siblings after
her parents died, she married, only to be
widowed before her daughter was born.
After moving to Denver, she went to work
for Henry Clyde Stewart of Wyoming,
writing letters of daily life and events on a
homestead that were published in Atlantic
Monthly, and then as a book, Letters from
a Woman Homesteader. Elinore eventually
married Mr. Stewart, had more children,
and continued to write letters that sincerely
and frankly recorded the rigors of daily
homestead life and the happy events shared
with neighbors.
The endeavors of this independent, hard
working woman serve as the inspiration for
Elinore’s Endeavor, a line that combines
beautiful florals with sweet prints.