More than a farmer's wife : voices of American farm women, 1910-1960 / Amy Mattson Lauters.
More than a farmer's wife : voices of American farm women, 1910-1960 / Amy Mattson Lauters.
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Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
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N338.1082/1
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English
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Physical content
192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
A sense of place: farm women in history and in theory -- Farming and the mass media -- Farm women: "the typification of the thing America needs" -- A message to farm women: consider "how unique you are" -- For farm women: "the only class of workers who are absolutely without representation" -- Passi...
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Publisher
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
Place of Publication
Missouri
Date Published
c2009.
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"Examining how women were presented in farming and mainstream magazines over fifty years and interviewing more than 180 women who lived on farms, Lauters reveals that, rather than being victims of patriarchy, most farm women were astute businesswomen, working as partners with their husbands and fundamental to the farming industry"--Provided by publ...
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More than a farmer's wife : voices of American farm women, 1910-1960 / Amy Mattson Lauters.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-179) and index.
AUTH: MINNESOTA STATE UNIV., MANKATO. WOMEN-RUN FARMS THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION & LATER.
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c2009.
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N338.1082/1
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ISBN
0826218520 (alk. paper)
9780826218520 (alk. paper)
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338.10820973
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991007929189702626