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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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Activism and Advocacy in Three Women’s Organizations in New Zealand
explores activism and advocacy work and how it is rhetorically presented in three women’s organizations in New Zealand Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, politics
Tagged activism, history, RWSA conference, women's organizations
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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
Call for Presentations and Papers—DEADLINE EXTENDED to 1 June 2023
Gendered Advocacy and Activism, Shaping Institutions and Communities
Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference 2024
Submit proposals by 1 June 2023 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
Call for Presentations and Papers–RWSA 2024
Gendered Advocacy and Activism, Shaping Institutions and Communities Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference Hosted by Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA May 15-19, 2024 Recent challenges to civil rights in various locations internationally bring to mind equity in rural … Continue reading
Mindful Wandering: Nature and Global Travel through the Eyes of a Farmgirl Scientist
How does life on a farm shape the essence of a girl? Farm life teaches a girl to be mindful, to pay attention to the world around her, to be considerate of other people and creatures…While wandering the globe, I contemplate ideas of sustainability and resilience and advocate that we (especially those of us privileged enough to travel) must expand our mindful considerations to include all the other inhabitants of this beautiful Earth. Continue reading
Posted in New Books
Tagged activism, Environmental Studies, environmentalism, Minnesota, Sahara, travel
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Suffrage at the Kitchen Table
[E]ven though the kitchen was seen as women’s domain, a married woman did not actually own her own kitchen table. Nor did she have the right to profit off of the work she did at it. Continue reading
A WORK IN PROGRESS: FINDING MYSELF THROUGH EXTENSION
I saw something of their lives in mine. I saw something of their origins in mine. Thus began my path as a historian. Continue reading
Posted in research
Tagged activism, education, extension, Georgia, Home Demonstration, land grant colleges, mentoring, Mississippi, primary sources
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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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