historical memory – Rural Women’s Studies Association (RWSA)

Agrarian Women and the Welfare State

Agrarian Women and the Welfare State Sommestad, Lena, translator Grey Osterud. Agrarian Women, the Gender of Dairy Work, and the Two-Breadwinner Model in the Swedish Welfare State. New York and London: Routledge, 2019. Review by Sally McMurry, Professor Emerita of History, Penn State University The point of this book is Read more

By ccprescott, 7 years ago

Public History

Rural Women on Display

Rural women remain hidden from view in local historical societies.

By ccprescott, 9 years ago

Conferences

Women on the Texas Frontier

When we include the native women, the Tejanas, the Germans, and the many women of multiple nationalities who migrated to rural areas to stand by their men, or to stand without a man, how does that revise the perception of male Anglo-dominated glory and legendary heroes?

By ccprescott, 10 years ago