Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900-1940
(Part of the Studies in Rural Culture Series)
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Rural women comprised the largest part of the adult population of Texas until 1940 and in the American South until 1960. On the cotton farms of Central Texas, women's labor was essential. In addition to working untold hours in the fields, women shouldered most family responsibilities: keeping house, sewing clothing, cultivating and cooking food, and bearing and raising children. But despite their contributions to the southern agricultural economy,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807847607
ISBN13:9780807847602
Release Date:March 1999
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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