Tag Archives: activism
The YWCA: Creating a Moral Landscape on the Prairie
Prairie YWCAs were inclined to support the more conservative view of Christian salvation… However, the reality of supporting the needs of so many required pragmatic policies of action that later served as a template for larger urban counterparts after the onset of the Great Depression. Continue reading
Quilting for a Cause: Rural Women’s Voluntarism in the First World War
The quilting bee continued to be a mainstay in many Canadian communities during WWI. Continue reading
Posted in Public History, Sources in Rural Women's History
Tagged activism, history, primary sources, quilts
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History Matters: Reflections on the Historians Against Slavery Conference
To truly put history to work . . . it should also involve engaging and collaborating with change makers outside of the academy and on the ground. Continue reading
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 Continue reading
Domestic Violence in Energy Boomtowns
The most important issue is the victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking.
Posted in Activism
Tagged activism, boomtowns, domestic violence, human trafficking, social reform
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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. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged activism, family, farm labor, girlhood, history, migration, RWSA, RWSA conference, slavery, social reform
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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. Continue reading
Sources for Research: Olive “Polly” Matthews Stone, Radical Rural Sociologist
Olive “Polly” Matthews Stone (1897-1977) was a sociologist and advocate for social welfare, civil rights, and interracial relations in the South. Her life and career—with a focus on radical politics and social justice in rural societies, particularly during the 1930s—have largely been left unexplored Continue reading
Posted in Sources for Research
Tagged activism, archives, history, primary sources, sociology
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