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Working the Land: The Stories of Ranch and Farm Women in the Modern American West
Sandra K. Schackel
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Description for Working the Land: The Stories of Ranch and Farm Women in the Modern American West
Hardcover. Collects the oral histories of more than 40 women as they recall their experiences of living and working on the ranches and farms of the American West during the last half century. Provides a more nuanced picture of the role women played in shaping the modern American West. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; TVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Helen Tiegs didn’t take to driving a tractor when she became a farmer’s wife, but after fifty years she considers herself the hub of the family operation. Lila Hill taught piano, then ultimately took a job off the farm to augment the family income during a period of rising costs. From Montana’s cattle pastures to New Mexico’s sagebrush mesas, women on today’s ranches and farms have played a crucial role in a way of life that is slowly disappearing from the western landscape. Recalling her own family-farm ties, Sandra Schackel set out to learn how these women’s lives have changed ... Read more
Helen Tiegs didn’t take to driving a tractor when she became a farmer’s wife, but after fifty years she considers herself the hub of the family operation. Lila Hill taught piano, then ultimately took a job off the farm to augment the family income during a period of rising costs. From Montana’s cattle pastures to New Mexico’s sagebrush mesas, women on today’s ranches and farms have played a crucial role in a way of life that is slowly disappearing from the western landscape. Recalling her own family-farm ties, Sandra Schackel set out to learn how these women’s lives have changed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700617807
SKU
V9780700617807
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Ref
99-15
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