Working the land : the stories of ranch and farm women in the modern American West /

In Working the Land, Sandra Schackel collects oral histories from more than forty women--in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, and Texas--recalling their experiences as ranchers and farmers in a modernizing West. --from publisher description.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schackel, Sandra
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2011.
Subjects:	Women ranchers > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century. Women farmers > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century. Women ranchers > West (U.S.) > Interviews. Women farmers > West (U.S.) > Interviews. Ranch life > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century. Farm life > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century. West (U.S.) > Social life and customs > 20th century. West (U.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century. Interviews > West (U.S.) Oral history > West (U.S.) Farm life. Interviews. Manners and customs. Oral history. Ranch life. Social conditions Women farmers. Women ranchers. United States, West. 1900 - 1999 History.

Table of Contents:

"I'd rather be on the farm" : attitudes toward ranch and farm work
"I'd rather work outside than do housework" : flexible gender roles
"I didn't milk cows; I gave piano lessons" : will wage work save the family farm?
"We'd be in bad shape if it wasn't for hunting" : tourist recreation on Western farms and ranches
"Eat more beef" : ranch and farm women as activists
Epilogue
Appendixes: Farm woman questionnaire; Interviewees.