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Routledge Writings of Farm Women 1840-1940 Anthology - Rural History

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This anthology collects authentic voices from farm women across a century of American rural life, offering intimate accounts of homesteading, ranching, and agricultural labour from 1840 to 1940. Originally published in 1990, the collection presents first-hand narratives that capture both the daily realities and dramatic challenges of farm life, including discussions of farming techniques, religious beliefs, political engagement, survival during blizzards, crop destruction, and family dispossession during droughts. The writings reveal the resilience, ingenuity, and determination of women who shaped rural communities whilst managing households and farms under often harsh conditions. These primary source materials provide historians and rural studies scholars with invaluable perspectives on how farm women experienced and interpreted their world, moving beyond stereotypes to show the complexity of rural female experience during a formative period of American history.

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Writings of Farm Women spans 1840-1940, offering a century of primary source narratives from homesteaders and ranchers.

The anthology explores farming techniques, religious beliefs, and political perspectives shared by rural women across generations.

First-hand accounts describe extreme hardship including near-starvation during blizzards, crop failure, and farm dispossession during drought.

Originally published in 1990, this Routledge Library Editions volume serves as an essential resource for history and rural studies students.

The collection balances ordinary domestic and agricultural labour with extraordinary survival stories that document women's agency in rural life.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138055611
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Social & Cultural
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 04 July 2017
Listed Since: 12 January 2017

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