Spring 2025 · SASS Conference, Minneapolis
Muus vs. Muus: The Scandal That Shook Norwegian America
Editor and co-translator Kari Lie Dorer discusses Muus vs. Muus at the 2025 SASS conference in Minneapolis. The book examines Oline Muus’s lawsuit against her husband to recover her inheritance, exploring questions of faith, family, women’s rights, and immigrant identity in nineteenth-century Minnesota.
By Bodil Stenseth
Edited by Kari Lie Dorer
Translated by Kari Lie Dorer and Torild Homstad
Minnesota Historical Society Press, copublished with the Norwegian-American Historical Association
Buy the book →A recording of this conversation is not available.
