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.
Scholars have found new ways to read “between the lines” of women’s diaries.
Historians of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras owe a particular debt to an often-overlooked group of record keepers: homesick women.
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
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.
By Joan Jensen, Professor Emerita, New Mexico State University It was the spring of 1977, and I was where I wanted to be. I was at a Land Grant University, teaching women’s history, and in my head a book on rural women was taking form. I had dropped out of Read more
By Cynthia Prescott, Associate Professor of History, University of North Dakota I recently had the opportunity to contribute to an episode of TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? The show’s researchers reached out to me as an expert to guide celebrity Tony Goldwyn’s research on his maternal ancestry. I Read more