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The Midwest farmer's daughter : in search of an American icon /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jack, Zachary Michael, 1973-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Public opinion > United States.
Popular culture > United States.
Farm life in mass media.
Women in mass media.
Farm life > Middle West > Public opinion.
Women farmers > Middle West > Public opinion.
Farm life > Middle West.
Women farmers > Middle West.
Middle West > Public opinion.
Middle West > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Pioneering Women
  • Part One
  • The Gingham Girl in the Google Age
  • The Midwest Farmer's Daughter
  • How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?
  • Raising Farmer Jane
  • The Chores of Being a Farm Girl
  • Welk Girls and Daisy Dukes
  • Milkmaids in Manhattan
  • Part Two
  • Little Houses on the Prairie
  • Future Farm Daughters of America
  • Ag-vocating Women
  • Community Supported Agriculture
  • Herland
  • Farmerettes in the Farm City
  • Her Daughter Had a Dynamo.