A lecture in history now from Iowa State University professor carmen bain, who taught a class on womens work on family farms during the 20th century and the difference between societal expectations and the realities of shared farm labor. Well, good morning, everyone. Todays lecture is on invisible farmers. And what were going to do today is take a historical overview to look at women and womens role in u. S. Agriculture. And the title for the lecture today on invisible women actually comes from a 1983 book, so ancient in your mind, but a book thats over 30 years old, by carolyn sex. And her book was really groundbreaking in that she was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture, and it was this book that actually helped launch work by sociologists and other social scientists, rural historians and so forth, to look at the contribution of women that had largely been invisible up to this time. So this is a nod to that groundbreaking book. So, one of the q
Between societal expectations and the realities of shared farm labor. Good morning, everyone. Todays lecture and on invisible farmers. And what were going to do today is take a historical overview to look at women and womens role in u. S. Agriculture. And the title for the lecture today on invisible woman actually comes from a 1983 book, ancient in your mind, but a book thats over 30 years old by carolyn sachs. And sachs book was really groundbreaking in that she was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture and it was this work that helped launch work by sociologists and other social scientists, rural historians and so forth to look at the contribution of women that had largely been invisible up until this time. So this is a nod to their groundbreaking book. So one of the Big Questions weve been asking in this class, and posing since the first day that we meet is why should we study women in agriculture . Why not just study agriculture . Why should we
Groundbreaking. She was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture, and it was this book that helped launch sociologists and other social scientists and rural historians and so forth, to look at the contributions of women who had largely been invisible up to this time. This is a nod to that groundbreaking book. Why study women in egger culture in agriculture . What i have been arguing and what other scholars are arguing is that why we want to study women in agriculture specifically, and not just talk about agriculture and gene roles, is that women have always played a really Critical Role in feeding us, in clothing us, in sustaining Rural Communities where there are farm families, increasingly helping fuel our society, and this is everywhere, not just the u. S. When we talked about agriculture, womens critical contribution was largely invisible. But when we did see it, and we will talk about that, when we did acknowledge it, it often wasnt valued the sa
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Professor bain Carolyn Sachs book was groundbreaking. She was one of the first to examine the contributions of women to u. S. Agriculture, and it was this book that helped launch sociologists and other social scientists and rural historians and so forth, to look at the contributions of women who had largely been invisible up to this time. This is a nod to that groundbreaking book. Why study women in egger culture in agriculture . And i have been arguing what other scholars are arguing is that why we want to study women in agriculture specifically, and not just talk about agriculture and gene roles, is that women have always inyed a really Critical Role us, in us, in clothing sustaining Rural Communities where there are farm families, fuel ourgly helping society, and this is everywhere, not just the u. S. When we talked about agriculture, womens critical contribution was largely invisible. But when we did see it, and we will talk about that, when we did acknowledge it, it often wasnt va