Entitled to power : farm women and technology, 1913-1963

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jellison, Katherine, Author.

Series:

Gender and American culture Entitled to power

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in agriculture--History--United States.

Women in agriculture.

Rural women--History--United States.

Rural women.

Sociology, Rural--United States.

Sociology, Rural.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of North Carolina Press 1993

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The advent of modern agribusiness irrevocably changed the patterns of life and labor on the American family farm. In Entitled to Power, Katherine Jellison examines midwestern farm women's unexpected response to new labor-saving devices. Federal farm policy at mid-century treated farm women as consumers, not producers. New technologies, as promoted by agricultural extension agents and by home appliance manufacturers, were expected to create separate spheres of work in the field and in the house. These innovations, however, enabled women to work as operators of farm machinery or independently in the rural community. Jellison finds that many women preferred their productive roles on and off the farm to the domestic ideal emphasized by contemporary prescriptive literature. A variety of visual images of farm women from advertisements and agricultural publications serve to contrast the publicized view of these women with the roles that they chose for themselves. The letters, interviews, and memoirs assembled by Jellison reclaim the many contributions women made to modernizing farm life. Originally published in 1993. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9798890865120

9780807862278

0807862274