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Asenath’s Fiery Pen
Instead of retreating to their parlors and bemoaning their plight, women in Territorial Kansas advocated for themselves and their families in the face of loss.
New Books
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
Activism
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.
Activism
Annie Zachary Pike: Arkansas Homemaker, Farmer and Politician
Pike exemplifies the underexplored activism of Black rural Arkansas women.
popular culture
“Country Girls Are Whisky In a Teacup”: Crafting Rural Femininity on Etsy
The clothing sold through these [Etsy] shops sometimes seem to question, but in the end powerfully reinforces, dominant ideas about femininity.
Activism
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.
Activism
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…
Activism
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Advocate
Laura Ingalls Wilder … began a long career as an ardent advocate for farm women, their families, and farming as a way of life and a calling.
Conferences
Berks Panels of Interest, Part I
Panel related to rural women at the 2017 Big Berks conference.