Mrs. Shimerda

E441932

Bohemian woman fictional character immigrant literary character mother

Mrs. Shimerda is a somber, homesick Bohemian immigrant mother in Willa Cather’s novel "My Ántonia," whose struggles and resilience reflect the hardships of pioneer life on the American prairie.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yulka Shimerda	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bohemian woman ⓘ fictional character ⓘ immigrant ⓘ literary character ⓘ mother ⓘ
appearsIn	My Ántonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor	Willa Cather NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait	demanding ⓘ homesick ⓘ practical ⓘ proud ⓘ resilient ⓘ somber ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ
countryOfImmigration	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy	Willa Cather NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity	Czech ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	My Ántonia universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasChild	Ambrosch Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Marek Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yulka Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Ántonia Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRelative	Ambrosch Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Marek Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yulka Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Ántonia Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSpouse	Mr. Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Bohemian ⓘ
literaryGenreOfWork	novel of the American frontier ⓘ
literaryPeriod	American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ
livesIn	Shimerda family farm NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	novel ⓘ
nationality	Bohemian ⓘ
originatesFrom	Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork	immigrant settler ⓘ mother of Ántonia Shimerda ⓘ pioneer wife ⓘ
settingOfActivity	American frontier ⓘ Nebraska prairie ⓘ
themeAssociated	adaptation to new land ⓘ family responsibility ⓘ homesickness ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ pioneer hardship ⓘ
workPublicationDate	1918 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

My Ántonia → character → Mrs. Shimerda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yulka Shimerda