Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900-1940

(Part of the Studies in Rural Culture Series)

by Rebecca Sharpless

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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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Business & Investing History Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics Rural Social Science Social Sciences State & Local Women in History Women's Studies World War II

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Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900-1940

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