Revisiting Rural Women's History

According to colby, improving their cultural circumstances was an important aspect of enhancing women's satisfaction and happiness but that alone was insufficient. education was crucial, both in terms of eliminating their basic ignorance of farm economics and their isolation from literature, an...

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Published in:Agricultural history Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 380 - 387
Main Authors: Ambrose, Linda M., Devine, Jenny Barker, Whayne, Jeannie
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Durham Agricultural History Society 01.06.2015
Duke University Press, NC & IL
Subjects:
Academic conferences
Activists
Agricultural economics
Agriculture
Colleges & universities
Cultural history
Essays
Family farms
Farm economics
Farming
Female labour
Happiness
History instruction
Ignorance
Interdisciplinary aspects
Literature
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural history
Rural women
Satisfaction
Scholars
Slave women
Spiritual well being
United States history
Universities
Well being
Wives
Women
Women's health
Women's participation
Womens history
Womens studies
ISSN:0002-1482, 1533-8290
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Summary:According to colby, improving their cultural circumstances was an important aspect of enhancing women's satisfaction and happiness but that alone was insufficient. education was crucial, both in terms of eliminating their basic ignorance of farm economics and their isolation from literature, an isolation that undermined their spiritual wellbeing.
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ISSN:0002-1482
1533-8290
DOI:10.3098/ah.2015.089.3.380