Monthly Archives: April 2015

Recovering the Stories and Reconciling the Versions: Rural Women’s History, Biography, and Interpretation

Posted on April 29, 2015 by ccprescott

By Linda M. Ambrose Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada la******@la********.ca For an author, after years of research and writing, nothing compares to the feeling of holding that new book in your hands for the first time. Just a few weeks … Continue reading →

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Notes from a RWSA conference newbie

Posted on April 22, 2015 by ccprescott

By Ann Reed, University of North Dakota You know that notion about never seeing tourist sites in your town until an out-of-town guest visits and asks, “What is there to do around here?” Part of my reason for attending the … Continue reading →

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Looking Backward and Forward at Rural Women History

Posted on April 15, 2015 by ccprescott

By Joan Jensen, Professor Emerita, New Mexico State University It was the spring of 1977, and I was where I wanted to be. I was at a Land Grant University, teaching women’s history, and in my head a book on … Continue reading →

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Land Grants, Inheritance Patterns, and Hollywood Celebrities

Posted on April 8, 2015 by ccprescott

By Cynthia Prescott, Associate Professor of History, University of North Dakota I recently had the opportunity to contribute to an episode of TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are?  The show’s researchers reached out to me as an expert to … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Rural Women’s Studies

Posted on April 8, 2015 by ccprescott

Welcome to Rural Women’s Studies, a new weekly blog hosted by the Rural Women’s Studies Association.  This blog has been created as a way to increase the visibility of rural women’s studies research and activism around the world.  RWSA members … Continue reading →

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