On Behalf Of The Family Farm Iowa Farm Womens Activism Since 1945

"In on behalf of the family farm, Jenny Baker Devine demonstrates that in an era where technology, depopulation and rapid economic change dramatically altered rural life, Midwestern women met those challenges with an activism that reflected their own feminine vision of farm life. Focusing on women in four national farm organizations in Iowa -- the Farm Bureau, the Farmers Union, the National Farmers Organization, and the Porkettes -- Devine highlights specific moments in time when farm women had to reassess their roles and strategies for preserving and improving their way of life"--Back Cover.