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Author:

Lauters, Amy Mattson, 1972-

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women farmers--United States--History--20th century.
Women in agriculture--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

0826218520 (alk. paper)
9780826218520 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)280545349

LCCN:

2008056085

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

FQPC224 -- Strawberry Point Public Library (Strawberry Point) — 338.1082 Lau