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SUNY Series in the Anthropology of Work June Nash, Editor
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Open Country Iowa
Rural Women, Tradition and Change
Deborah Fink
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1986 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fink, Deborah, 1944 Open country, Iowa. (SUNY series in the anthropology of work) Includes index. 1. Rural womenIowaCase studies. 2. Women IowaCase studies. 3. Rural womenUnited States Case studies. I. Title. II. Series. HQ1438.I7F56 1986 305.4'09777 86-967 ISBN 0-88706-317-9 ISBN 0-88706-318-7 (pbk.)
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To Open Country women
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Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
1. Introduction
1
2. The Family in Open Country before World War II
19
3. The Scope of Women's Work before 1940
45
4. Woman to Woman
77
5. World War II and Rural Women
103
6. Eggs: A Case in Point
135
7. Women's Work after World War II
161
8. Women, Power, and Class in Open Country
199
9. A Concluding Perspective
229
Notes
245
References Cited
251
Index
269
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Acknowledgments
My primary debt of gratitude is to the women of Open Country, Iowa, who participated in the research. Many Open Country women and men welcomed me into the community, gave their time and energy for interviews, offered emotional and social support during the times I navigated roughly through particular situations, and listened to my preliminary conclusions, volunteering their opinions and analyses in return.
Several scholars at Iowa State University furthered the research: Leonard Eggelton of the poultry extension service allowed access to poultry record flock data and reports. William Owings, also a poultry extension specialist, spent time explaining the economics of current Iowa egg production. Margaret Liston, a retired Iowa State University home economist, explained the survey work she did in the 1930s. Carl and Lucille Malone, who were county extension agents in the 1940s and later became extension faculty, discussed their work with rural Iowans and what they learned from this work. Robert Rohwer, a former Iowa State College rural sociologist and a farmer in northwest Iowa, shared his work and his insights. Louie Hansen, the Iowa State University Extension Research Development Specialist located in Spencer, talked to me about Iowa's central points and about his needs assessments for the Open Country area.
Students and colleagues at Iowa State University and the University of Iowa, along with a number of coparticipants at professional meetings, journal referees, and editors gave helpful insights as I wrote. Judith Block, my production editor at SUNY Press, gave astute and tactful advice. Rebecca Henderson, Kathy Hickok, and Dorothy Schwieder were among those who devoted precious time to reading drafts and offering comments. Their advice and encouragement were invaluable.
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A few people were closely attuned to the project from the onset. My sister Kate Hansen, a Nebraska farm woman, offered astute reflections on her life on the farm and was able to ask honest questions at all points. Working on this project together allowed us to assimilate and to put into perspective some of our shared experiences in rural Nebraska in the 1950s. Horace and Mary Autenrieth provided intellectual, moral, and material support, which cannot be adequately enumerated here, but which will never be forgotten. George Fink and Philip Fink shared their mother with Open Country and kept her rooted in reality. They have been a source of enthusiasm, joy, and hope. A.M. Fink, a Great Enabler for twenty years, has listened to my ideas as they formed, spent time with me in Open Country, shared his boyhood experiences in rural South Dakota, and read and reread drafts and papers. Too unfailingly supportive to be a good critic, he has given timely and sensitive encouragement that has kept me on track.
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