More than a farmer's wife [electronic resource] : voices of American farm women, 1910-1960 / Amy Mattson Lauters.

By:

Lauters, Amy Mattson, 1972-

Contributor(s):

ProQuest (Firm)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.Description: 192 p. : illSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

338.1082/0973 22

LOC classification:

HD6077.2.U6 L38 2009

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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" -- Passing it on -- Lives in transition.

Summary: "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 publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-179) and index.

"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 publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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