Working the land
Subtitle: the stories of ranch and farm women in the modern American West
By: Sandra K. Schackel
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780700617807
Subjects: Social life and customs; Women farmers; Interviews; Ranch life; Social conditions; Farm life; Oral history; Women ranchers; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Winner of the Historical Society of New Mexico's Fabiola Cabeza De Baca Award.
Table of contents: title: "I'd rather be on the farm" : attitudes toward ranch and farm work; title: "I'd rather work outside than do housework" : flexible gender roles; title: "I didn't milk cows; I gave piano lessons" : will wage work save the family farm?; title: "We'd be in bad shape if it wasn't for hunting" : tourist recreation on Western farms and ranches; title: "Eat more beef" : ranch and farm women as activists; title: Epilogue; title: Appendixes: Farm woman questionnaire; Interviewees.