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Jack, Zachary Michael, 1973-

The Midwest farmer's daughter in search of an American icon / [electronic resource] : Zachary Michael Jack. - West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (260 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface: Pioneering Women -- Part One -- The Gingham Girl in the Google Age -- The Midwest Farmer's Daughter -- How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? -- Raising Farmer Jane -- The Chores of Being a Farm Girl -- Welk Girls and Daisy Dukes -- Milkmaids in Manhattan -- Part Two -- Little Houses on the Prairie -- Future Farm Daughters of America -- Ag-vocating Women -- Community Supported Agriculture -- Herland -- Farmerettes in the Farm City -- Her Daughter Had a Dynamo.

ISBN: 9781612492193 1612492193 9781612492186

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Public opinion--United States.
Popular culture--United States.
Farm life in mass media.
Women in mass media.
Farm life--Public opinion--Middle West
Women farmers--Public opinion--Middle West
Farm life--Middle West.
Women farmers--Middle West.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle West--Public opinion
Middle West--Social life and customs.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: S521.5.M53 / J33 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 630.82