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Family farming from a rural women’s perspective
University of Lethbridge graduate student Diane McKenzie is combining her rural roots and her research interests with the intention to make an important contribution to the future of agriculture. Continue reading
Women’s Cooperative Farming in India
Can farming in all-women’s groups help women outperform individual male-managed farms in productivity and profits, and empower women socially and politically? Continue reading
Uncovering Poverty and Resilience in the Great Flyover
In Heartland, Smarsh eloquently unpacks the harsh realities of the working poor in places that are simultaneously celebrated as the nation’s “heartland” and mocked as being part of the “great flyover.” Continue reading
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Young Women’s Diaries as Primary Sources for Rural Women’s History
Young Women’s Diaries as Primary Sources for Rural Women’s History Rachel Kleinschmidt My name is Rachel Kleinschmidt and I have been a member of the Rural Women’s Studies Association (RWSA) since 2009. My work has focused on unmarried women in … Continue reading
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Tagged family farms, girlhood, history, primary sources
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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 Continue reading
Sources in Rural Women’s History, Part V: Indigenous Women’s Sources in Entangled Encounters
I have situated my research at the nexus of interactions between Dakotas and Scandinavian settler colonists. I have witnessed how their seemingly parallel lives—grounded in the land—intertwined and entangled. Continue reading
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Tagged family farms, history, land ownership, migration, primary sources, sociology
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Sources in Rural Women’s History, Part II: WITH THESE HANDS They Wrote Diaries: Analyzing the Keeping and Daily Entries of Farm Women’s Diaries
Scholars have found new ways to read “between the lines” of women’s diaries. Continue reading
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Tagged family farms, farm labor, history, primary sources
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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
Young Women’s Song, “Norway Needs a Farmer,” Goes Viral
A group of young women studying agriculture in Norway recently wrote a song supporting small family farms. Their music video, “Norway Needs a Farmer” has gone viral. In today’s “RWSA Wednesday” post, read about the video and the historical and political context for this hit song. Continue reading