Women of the Northern Plains : gender and settlement on the homestead frontier, 1870-1930 /
Handy-Marchello, Barbara.
St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194) and index.
Introduction -- Dakota : the people, the place, the times -- "My duty as wife and mother" : marriage and family -- "By the hand of woman" : women's work in house, barnyard, and fields -- Creating community -- The "main stay" : managing butter and egg production -- Farm women and the Farmers' Institute.
Rural women
Rural women
Rural families
Rural families
Frontier and pioneer life
Sex role