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Rural Women’s Studies Wednesdays Summer Round-Up
Check out some great content you might have missed over the summer months.
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Domestic Violence in Energy Boomtowns
The most important issue is the victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking.
Sources in Rural Women's History
Sources in Rural Women’s History, Part III: Finding the Rural Girls: Sources and Possibilities
[W]e can often find more than we ever dreamed was possible about the lives and concerns of rural girls.
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New Issue of AGRICULTURAL HISTORY Highlights Rural Women’s Studies
Essays based on superb papers presented at the 2012 Rural Women’s Studies Association conference, which span time and place, appear along with an introduction in the Summer 2015 issue of Agricultural History.
Sources in Rural Women's History
Sources in Rural Women’s History, Part II: WITH THESE HANDS They Wrote Diaries: Analyzing the Keeping and Daily Entries of Farm Women’s Diaries
Scholars have found new ways to read “between the lines” of women’s diaries.
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FarmHer – Documenting Women in Agriculture Through Photography
We have all heard people say they wish they could “turn their passion into a job”. Well that is just what Marji Guyler-Alaniz did.
Sources in Rural Women's History
Sources in Rural Women’s History, Part I: Letters from the Edge: Life on the Rural Margins of Industrial New England
Historians of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras owe a particular debt to an often-overlooked group of record keepers: homesick women.
Sources for Research
Sources for Research: Olive “Polly” Matthews Stone, Radical Rural Sociologist
Olive “Polly” Matthews Stone (1897-1977) was a sociologist and advocate for social welfare, civil rights, and interracial relations in the South. Her life and career—with a focus on radical politics and social justice in rural societies, particularly during the 1930s—have largely been left unexplored
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The Past and Future of Rural Women’s Studies
Perhaps the greatest challenge that RWSA faces is to follow through on its founders’ vision of making RWSA an organization that brings together academics and grassroots activists.
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Rural Women’s Studies Wednesdays: Summer Edition
Thank you to everyone who has tuned in to the Rural Women’s Studies blog since our launch last month. As we move into the summer months, we will be moving to a biweekly schedule, still posting on Wednesdays (U.S. Central Time). Tune in next week to read more about the Read more