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Working the land : the stories of ranch and farm women in the modern American West / Sandra K. Schackel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schackel, Sandra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women ranchers--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Women ranchers.
- Women farmers--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Women farmers.
- Women ranchers--West (U.S.)--Interviews.
- Women farmers--West (U.S.)--Interviews.
- Ranch life--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Ranch life.
- Farm life--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Farm life.
- History.
- West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Interviews--West (U.S.).
- Interviews.
- Oral history--West (U.S.).
- Oral history.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2011]
- Contents:
- "I'd rather be on the farm" : attitudes toward ranch and farm work
- "I'd rather work outside than do housework" : flexible gender roles
- "I didn't milk cows; I gave piano lessons" : will wage work save the family farm?
- "We'd be in bad shape if it wasn't for hunting" : tourist recreation on Western farms and ranches
- "Eat more beef" : ranch and farm women as activists
- Epilogue
- Appendixes: Farm woman questionnaire; Interviewees.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700617807
- 0700617809
- OCLC:
- 681500387
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