Tag Archives: social reform
17 Days of Activism for the Empowerment of Rural Women and their Communities
The Rural Women’s Studies Association and this Rural Women’s Studies blog seek to highlight both research and activism related to rural women around the world. This week, instead of our typical blog post, we have chosen to highlight an upcoming … Continue reading
The YWCA: Creating a Moral Landscape on the Prairie
Prairie YWCAs were inclined to support the more conservative view of Christian salvation… However, the reality of supporting the needs of so many required pragmatic policies of action that later served as a template for larger urban counterparts after the onset of the Great Depression. Continue reading
Domestic Violence in Energy Boomtowns
The most important issue is the victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking.
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Tagged activism, boomtowns, domestic violence, human trafficking, social reform
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New Issue of AGRICULTURAL HISTORY Highlights Rural Women’s Studies
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. Continue reading
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Tagged activism, family, farm labor, girlhood, history, migration, RWSA, RWSA conference, slavery, social reform
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