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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.

Publication Info. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Women farmers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women in agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
Women farmers. (OCoLC)fst01177667
Women in agriculture. (OCoLC)fst01177815
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Lauters, Amy Mattson, 1972- More than a farmer's wife. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2009 9780826218520 (DLC) 2008056085 (OCoLC)280545349
ISBN 9780826271853 (electronic bk.)
0826271855 (electronic bk.)
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