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This collection celebrates the contributions of our foremothersmothers, grandmothers, aunts, and neighborswho devoted their lives to farming pursuits. Some embraced their roles, others detested the life of a farm woman; but most would agree their contributions were minimized or overlooked. And the common practice of referring to them as farmer's wife or farm helper or farmerette didn't quite do justice to their work.

Men and women who spent their lives living and working on a family farm or ranch will relate to the emotions and exploits experienced by the women profiled. Town dwellers and urbanites two or three generations removed from the farm or their rural communities and growing up hearing grandparents' and great-grandparents' stories about life on the farm will appreciate these women who may or may not resemble in any way their foremothers. City slickers who never spent a day on a farm, nor thought the life of a farmer was in any way appealing will meet a community of sp

Grit Not Glamour

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    A Paperback by Cheryl Mullenbach

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      Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
      Published 1 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9781493060498
      978-1493060498
      ISBN-10 149306049X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This collection celebrates the contributions of our foremothersmothers, grandmothers, aunts, and neighborswho devoted their lives to farming pursuits. Some embraced their roles, others detested the life of a farm woman; but most would agree their contributions were minimized or overlooked. And the common practice of referring to them as farmer's wife or farm helper or farmerette didn't quite do justice to their work.

      Men and women who spent their lives living and working on a family farm or ranch will relate to the emotions and exploits experienced by the women profiled. Town dwellers and urbanites two or three generations removed from the farm or their rural communities and growing up hearing grandparents' and great-grandparents' stories about life on the farm will appreciate these women who may or may not resemble in any way their foremothers. City slickers who never spent a day on a farm, nor thought the life of a farmer was in any way appealing will meet a community of sp

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