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The Amarillo Philharmonic Club and Women Composers of the Texas Panhandle
The Amarillo Philharmonic Club educated its membership about the mechanics of music and introduced them to composers and repertoire from both across the country and the globe. Continue reading
Before They Had Bootstraps: A Case Study of Intergenerational Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1880 – 1944
Examines the everyday activism and achievements of four generations of Black Arkansas women to cultivate and embrace homemade citizenship in their words and deeds while facing white aggression within the historical context of slavery, reconstruction, Black Codes, and Jim Crow. Continue reading
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Tagged activism, African Americans, Arkansas, citizenship, history, RWSA conference, slavery
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Stolen Moments from the Ernst Farm: Letters to a Texan in the CCC
The 406-acre Ernst Farm on the outskirts of San Antonio, was almost completely operated by strong-willed rural women, as a mother, three sisters and a granddaughter make a productive farm through the Depression and World War II. Continue reading
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Female Agriculture Undergraduates Perception And Use of Contraceptives in Federal University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
The Nigerian ministry of health should create more awareness campaigns to enhance favorable perception and use of contraception. Continue reading
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Activism and Advocacy in Three Women’s Organizations in New Zealand
explores activism and advocacy work and how it is rhetorically presented in three women’s organizations in New Zealand Continue reading
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Spatio-Temporal Analysis in Seaweed Gathering and Marketing in Selected Coastal Areas in Ilocos Norte Philippines
While men are the sole seaweed gatherers at the subtidal zone, women take the burden in sorting, classifying and cleaning the gathered seaweeds and ultimately drying the seaweeds. Continue reading
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Socialism in “Trump Country”: A “Yallternative” View
Rather than continue to dichotomize Appalachia, scholars should take cues from the youth on TikTok #ruralwomen #Appalachia #transgender Continue reading
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reFraming: Dramatic Narratives of African American Female Landowners in Alabama’s Black Belt
How did an entire Black community manage to keep land during Reconstruction and in the Jim Crow South? Continue reading
RWSA 2024 Conference Program
Join us May 15-19, 2024, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, for RWSA 2024! Continue reading
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Call for Presentations and Papers—DEADLINE EXTENDED to 1 June 2023
Gendered Advocacy and Activism, Shaping Institutions and Communities
Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference 2024
Submit proposals by 1 June 2023 Continue reading