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Before They Had Bootstraps: A Case Study of Intergenerational Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1880 – 1944
Examines the everyday activism and achievements of four generations of Black Arkansas women to cultivate and embrace homemade citizenship in their words and deeds while facing white aggression within the historical context of slavery, reconstruction, Black Codes, and Jim Crow. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Conferences
Tagged activism, African Americans, Arkansas, citizenship, history, RWSA conference, slavery
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16 Days of Activism in Ogun State, Nigeria
Menstruation is a natural and biological process. It’s time we stop shaming women for it. Continue reading
RWSA, Africa Chapter, Marks International Day of the Girl Child
RWSA’s Africa Chapter sponsored lectures, interactive sessions, and counseling and distributed sanitary towels to empower adolescent girls. Continue reading
RWSA Endorses Agricultural History Society’s statement on COVID-19 and Police Violence
RWSA endorses @AgHistorySoc statement on COVID-19 and Police Violence #COVID-19 #ruralwomen Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged activism, agricultural labor, COVID-19, pandemic, RWSA, violence
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Women Leading Landscape Change
Land is power. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Food Studies
Tagged activism, Environmental Studies, environmentalism, Iowa, land ownership, photography, storytelling, sustainability
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North Dakota Suffragists: Marie Bottineau Baldwin
Marie Bottineau Baldwin was both a suffragist and Native American rights activist. She sought to educate people about women’s traditional political rights in Native society. Continue reading
From Garlic to Grocery: turning empty trucks into bigger business for rural Minnesota
How can we connect rural grocers and farmers to overcome food deserts? Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Food Studies
Tagged activism, farm labor, marketing, research, sustainability, urban/rural divide
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Rural Players on the National Stage: Alma Nash, the Missouri Ladies Military Band, and the National Woman Suffrage Procession
In Missouri, rural women themselves played an important role in the suffrage movement. Continue reading
Annie Zachary Pike: Arkansas Homemaker, Farmer and Politician
Pike exemplifies the underexplored activism of Black rural Arkansas women. Continue reading
How Civic Responsibility, Nativism, and World War I Gave Women in the Midwest the Right to Vote
Civic responsibility combined with wartime nativist hysteria to give midwestern women the right to vote. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Uncategorized
Tagged activism, feminism, history, politics, suffrage
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