Writings of Farm Women, 1840-1940: An Anthology

by Carol Fairbanks (Editor), Bergine Haakenson (Editor)

Overview

Originally published in 1990. The stories of the homesteaders, ranchers, and farm women included in this anthology describe both the ordinary and the extraordinary. The writers discuss many different aspects of rural life such as farming techniques, religious beliefs, and politics. They also explore such situations as near-starvation during a blizzard, the destruction of crops and the dispossession of a farm family during a drought. This title will be of interest to students of history and rural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138055612
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/04/2017
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Rural History , #7
Pages:	398
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carol Fairbanks, Bergine Haakenson

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. "Planting a Garden" Buffalobird-woman 2. Life on Long Prairie Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve 3. "God Was Good to His Immigrants" Melissa Genett Moore 4. "Well, We Stuck" Jennie Stoughton Osborn 5. Her Father’s Right-Hand Man Adele Orpen 6. "I Want to Write about My Days of Slower Progress" Alice Dahlin Lund 7. Sentenced to the Prairie Mary Larrabee 8. "A Farm Is Such a Hard Place for a Woman" Laura Ingalls Wilder 9. Building Leslieville, Alberta Mary C. Bailey 10. Farming in Iowa Ada Mae Brown Brinton 11. "I Have Planted Flowers Everywhere" Elinore Pruitt Stewart 12. Two Young Women Homesteaders Edith Eudora Kohl 13. "Wild with Heat and Thirst" Anna Langhorne Waltz 14. "There Was Something Clean and Sweet about the Harvest" Era Bell Thompson 15. "I Intend to Stick" Hilda Rose 16. "Growing Things from the Soil Is Bliss" Annie Pike Greenwood 17. "Starved, Stalled, and Stranded" Meridel LeSeuer 18. A "Textbook Farmer" Grace Fairchild 19. Epilogue: Framing in the 1980s Lynn Spielman Dummer; Index

Editorial Reviews

The narratives in this anthology describe droughts and disasters, farming techniques, nature, needlework, religious, political, and environmental issues, friendships with and prejudices against Indians, childbirth, spouse abuse, school days, and recreation. They include excerpts from letters, interviews, and reminiscences by women in the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, Kansas, Idaho, Wisconsin, and British Columbia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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