Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900-1940 0807847607, 9780807847602

A moving account of women's lives on Texas cotton farms during the first half of the 20th-century, this book reveal

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Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900-1940
0807847607, 9780807847602

Since 1973, Texas Monthly has spotlighted hundreds of Texans who, for better or worse, make this state like no place els

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Interrogating and integrating the various aspects of women's reproductive lives to expose the political dimensions

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Cotton farming was the only way of life that many Texans knew from the days of Austin's Colony up until World War I

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Contrary to myth, full-time homemaking is a relatively recent life pattern for married women. Throughout history, women

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To Nadia Shammut born in prison July 1972, while her mother Zakiyya was serving her life sentence at Neve Tirzah (Women&

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Since 1973, one magazine has covered crime in Texas like no one else, delving deep into stories that may turn your stoma

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What is it that distinguishes Texas women—the famous Yellow Rose and her descendants? Is it that combination of gracious

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