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Job Skills, Tolerance, And Positive Interactions: The Gendered Experiences Of Appalachian Migrants, Kelli Brooke Alford
Job Skills, Tolerance, And Positive Interactions: The Gendered Experiences Of Appalachian Migrants, Kelli Brooke Alford
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The following study examines gendered learning experiences of a population of Appalachian migrants surveyed from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. The respondents who participated in the survey used for this study began their lives in Appalachia. These respondents then left Appalachia for various other areas in the country and even around the world only to ultimately return to the mountainous region later in their lives. To begin, theory will be introduced concerning the stratification of gender in the Appalachian economic landscape, as well as a theoretical framework placing Appalachian women in an interlocking web of oppression with other …
Reconstructing The Farm: Life Stories Of Dutch Female Farmers, Marisa Turesky
Reconstructing The Farm: Life Stories Of Dutch Female Farmers, Marisa Turesky
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
My research asks: what are the lived experiences of female farmers within the hegemonic construction of the Dutch farmer and how have their roles shifted through time? Popular culture has implanted stereotypes that most female farmers are uneducated, low-class individuals but the six women whom I interviewed present life stories that complicate this. How did these women come into their roles as farmers? Once they became such entrepreneurs, what were their challenges in a potentially male-dominated profession? While there has been extensive research on rural women’s historical roles in farming, I analyze the personal experiences of a small sample of …
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Fall 2011), New Hope For Women Staff
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Fall 2011), New Hope For Women Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Spring 2011), New Hope For Women Staff
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Spring 2011), New Hope For Women Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.