Tag Archives: activism
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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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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In Case You Missed It
Recent website posts highlighting the experiences of rural women. Continue reading
Surviving and Thriving: Gender, Justice, Power, and Place Making
The Rural Women’s Studies Association’s 13th Triennial Conference is fast approaching. It will be held May 16-19, 2018, with optional pre- and post-conference tours on May 16 and 20. We hope that you will join us at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, for this interdiciplinary gathering of scholars, activists, and others interested in rural women past and present. To whet your appetite, we are posting the conference program here. Continue reading
TERF WARS – ARE WE REPEATING FEMINIST HISTORIES?
Even before the invention of social media networks, radical and lesbian feminists practiced exclusion within communities designed for “womyn-born women.” Continue reading
Posted in Sexuality, Uncategorized
Tagged activism, feminism, history, sexual identity, sociology
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The Catholic Worker Farm in Tivoli, a View into the Past
The Catholic Worker Farm in Tivoli functioned as a farm, House of Hospitality, Folk School, a place for silent retreats, and peace conferences. 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
Posted in Activism, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged activism, conferences, domestic violence, feminism, politics, social justice
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