Category Archives: Activism
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Recent website posts highlighting the experiences of rural women. Continue reading
Transgender Advocacy and Activism in the Midwest: A Partnership
How can Gender Studies majors learn about transgender history, rights, and activism beyond the college classroom? How can students apply their knowledge of feminist theory and methods to practical problems? What does being an ally and an activist look like? These are the questions we are asking and answering in creating a Transgender Studies internship program… Continue reading
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Tagged activism, conferences, domestic violence, feminism, politics, social justice
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Pedagogy in Public: Academic Programs and Community Partners
Perhaps organizations like the RWSA should look to the public history field for guidance [on how to] overcome the town-gown barriers. Continue reading
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Tagged activism, community outreach, conferences
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Advocate
Laura Ingalls Wilder … began a long career as an ardent advocate for farm women, their families, and farming as a way of life and a calling. Continue reading
Rural Cambodian Women as the Recipients of Education and NGO Focus
Few Cambodian women, especially those from rural areas, have been able to reach positions of leadership in the workforce or government. Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Cambodia, conferences, education, NGOs, poverty
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The Langham Place Feminists and Women Farmers/Farming for Women
The Langham Place group thus challenged dominant conceptualisations of respectable femininity for rural womenthroughout the second half of the nineteenth-century Continue reading
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Tagged activism, farm labor, female farmers, feminism, politics
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Contextualizing Women’s Movements in the Appalachian South
Contextualizing Women’s Movements in the Appalachian South Jessica Wilkerson, University of Mississippi My research started with watching a movie. The women characters of the award-winning documentary film “Harlan County: USA” (1976) made indelible impressions on me. Mothers, daughters, and sisters … Continue reading
17 Days of Activism for the Empowerment of Rural Women and their Communities
The Rural Women’s Studies Association and this Rural Women’s Studies blog seek to highlight both research and activism related to rural women around the world. This week, instead of our typical blog post, we have chosen to highlight an upcoming … Continue reading
In Our Own Words: Native Impressions
In Our Own Words: Native Impressions Lucy Ganje, Professor, Art/Graphic Design, University of North Dakota Kim Fink, Professor, Art/Printmaking, University of North Dakota Daniel Heyman, Professor, Painting/Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design & Princeton University. Three artists combined oral history … Continue reading
Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas
Black women’s activism was a crucial part of the self-advocacy and efficacy necessary to improve conditions in Arkansas’s rural black communities. Continue reading