With These Hands: Women Working on the Land
Beginning with the Native Americans who were working the land when the first Europeans arrived in North America, Jensen's unique collection traces the history of farm women of all races in the United States. Their complex lives emerge through letters, songs, fiction, official documents, journal entreies, poetry, and oral history. The volume documents rural women's hard work and love of the land, their family relationships, consciousness of racism and sexism, views of...
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Beginning with the Native Americans who were working the land when the first Europeans arrived in North America, Jensen's unique collection traces the history of farm women of all races in the United States. Their complex lives emerge through letters, songs, fiction, official documents, journal entreies, poetry, and oral history. The volume documents rural women's hard work and love of the land, their family relationships, consciousness of racism and sexism, views of politics and farm policies, and activities aimed at change.SH - WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for WomenLong before women stepped foot in the kitchen, they were out in the fields. Tracing back to the 15th century, With These Hands shows how women were the agricultural force who cultivated the land, nutured their families and controlled a portion of the agricommunity. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, historians have neglected to research and document this aspect of history, since it tends to reflect on the lives of poor and minority women. Revealing a relatively unknown perspective on agriculture, these writings and period photos bring to light the working lives of women. Illuminated are the ways in which they gained energy and power from those experiences.
\ WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for WomenLong before women stepped foot in the kitchen, they were out in the fields. Tracing back to the 15th century, With These Hands shows how women were the agricultural force who cultivated the land, nutured their families and controlled a portion of the agricommunity. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, historians have neglected to research and document this aspect of history, since it tends to reflect on the lives of poor and minority women. Revealing a relatively unknown perspective on agriculture, these writings and period photos bring to light the working lives of women. Illuminated are the ways in which they gained energy and power from those experiences.\ —SH\ \
