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Women and Gender in the Nonpartisan League
More attention needs to be paid to how women in the countryside thought and acted when it came to political parties, candidates, elections, citizenship, and the issues of the day
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Ma Kettle Revisited
Ma Kettle is no longer the face of rural women, but her entertainment genetic legacy endures.
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Meeting Miss Kittie: My Friendship with Kittie Wilkins, the Horse Queen of Idaho
Kittie Wilkins was the public face of the Wilkins Horse Company. A woman of superlatives, she was said to be the only woman at the turn of the twentieth century whose sole occupation was as a horse dealer.
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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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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.
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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.
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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