Koupal, Nancy Tystad

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KOUPAL, Nancy Tystad

KOUPAL, Nancy Tystad. American, b. 1947. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history, Women's studies and issues, Bibliography, Biography. Career: Morehead State University, teacher of composition, 1971-72; University of Wisconsin, teacher of American literature, 1972-74; South Dakota Department of Social Services, writer/editor, 1975-78; South Dakota State Library, library technician, 1978; freelance writer and editor for historical work on South Dakota women; South State Historical Society, director of the research and publishing program; South Dakota History, editor, 1979-; South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 1997-. Publications: South Dakota Women, 1850-1919: A Bibliography, 1975; (and coproducer) Dakota Women, 1978. EDITOR: The Woman Suffrage Movement in South Dakota, 2nd ed., 1975; The Way They Saw Us: The South Dakota State Historical Society Collection of Images from the Nineteenth-Century Illustrated Press, 1989; (and annotator) Our Landlady, 1996; Baum's Road to Oz: The Dakota Years, 2000; (regional ed.) Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, 2004. Contributor of historical articles, essays, and book reviews to periodicals. Address: Director Research and Publishing, South Dakota State Historical Society, 900 Governors Dr., Pierre, SD 57501, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]