Women of the Northern Plains : gender and settlement on the homestead frontier, 1870-1930 / Barbara Handy-Marchello.

Title:

ISBN:

9780873515214

Personal Author:

Handy-Marchello, Barbara

Publication Information:

St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2005]

Physical Description:

viii, 205 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction -- Dakota : the people, the place, the times -- "My duty as wife and mother" : marriage and family -- "By the hand of woman" : women's work in house, barnyard, and fields -- "Many dear friends" & "Notorious horse thieves" : creating community -- The "main stay" : managing butter and egg production -- "Devoted wholly to their interests" : farm women and the Farmers' Institute.

Geographic Term:

North Dakota -- Rural conditions.

North Dakota -- History

Subject Term:

Rural women--North Dakota -- History 19th century.

Rural women--North Dakota -- History 20th century.

Rural families--North Dakota -- History 19th century.

Rural families--North Dakota -- History 20th century.

Frontier and pioneer life--North Dakota

Sex role--North Dakota -- History.

OCLC Number:

ocm56535043