On Behalf of the Family Farm: Iowa Farm Women's Activism since 1945

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index aaa. See Agricultural Adjustment Administration Ackworth, Iowa, 29 Adams County, Iowa, 93, 98, 101, 108 Adams, Jane, 90 afBf. See American Farm Bureau Federation agrarian feminisms, 2–3, 9–12, 85–86, 90, 112, 115, 124, 127–28, 135–36, 137, 142–43 Agricultural Adjustment Administration (aaa), 62 American Agri-Women, 116, 126–28, 138 American Farm Bureau Federation (afBf): characteristics of members, 43; comparison to National Farmers Organization, 86; comparison to National Farmers Union, 60, 62; founding , 7; Iowa’s contribution to, 16, 39; membership in 1920s, 16; membership in 1950s, 39; political influence, 4, 39–40 American Hereford Auxiliary, 126 American Pork Congress and Trade Show, 119 Anderson, J. L., 3 Andregg, Margaret, 81 Antone, Judy, 131 Appanoose County, Iowa, 96 Arizona Agri-Business Women’s Association , 126 Arizona Cattle Growers Association, 117 Arizona Cowbelles, 117 Ashland, Nebraska, 92 Associated Milk Producers, 126 Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women, 137 Baxter, Iowa, 65 Benna, Mrs. Carl, 77 Bergen, North Dakota, 77, 79 Berlage, Nancy K., 7, 43 Berry, Michele K., 117 Berstler, Luella, 97 Biederman, Eleanor, 70–71 Black Hawk County, Iowa, 22, 85, 107 Bliss, R. K., 16, 18 Blumgren, Lillie, 27 Bonduel, Wisconsin, 105 Boone County, Iowa, 79 Bowers, Greta W., 43 BPw. See Business and Professional Women Branstad, Terry, 132 Bridges, Styles, 72 Brincks, JoAnn, 131 Brown, Marie, 122 Buchanan County, Iowa, 45, 55, 96 Business and Professional Women (BPw), 121 Capper-Volstead Act, 17 Carbert, Louise I., 8, 10, 56 Carroll, Iowa, 131 Cayton, Andrew R. L., 6 Cedar Falls, Iowa, 85, 107, 108, 110 182 • index Cedar Valley Community Club, 39, 52–53 Cerro Gordo County Farm Bureau, 62 Chariton, Iowa, 34 Cherokee County, Iowa, 28 Chickasaw County, Iowa, 100 Citizens for Peace, 110 Clay County, Iowa, 18–19, 45 Cleona Township Women’s Club, 52 Clinton County, Iowa, 35 Clinton County, Missouri, 95 Corning, Iowa, 88, 99, 107–9 Crawford, Anita, 55 Crystal Lake, Iowa, 76 Cunningham, E. H., 15, 17 Davenport, Iowa, 52 Deep River, Iowa, 53 Denison, Iowa, 71 Des Moines, Iowa, 30, 32, 34, 71, 72, 119, 122, 131 Des Moines Register, 72, 73, 79, 81, 105–6, 131 Dimmitt, Florence, 83 Dixon, Iowa, 60 Drake University, 30 Drenkhahn, Grace B., 45 Dunn, Mary, 26 Durr, Clifford, 77 Durr, Virginia, 77 Edgewood, Iowa, 93 Edwards, Gladys Talbott, 66–67 Embree, Stanley, 99 Embree, Wilma, 98–100, 104–5 Emmetsburg, Iowa, 97 Equity Livestock Cooperative, 105 Evans, Sara, 87, 94 Ever Ready Club, 65 extension service: criticism from the Iowa Farmers Union, 24–25, 27; development of women’s leadership roles, 18–19; Family Living Committee , 45; Farm and Home Development Program, 44; home economists, 44–45; postwar programs, 43–44; relationship with farm bureaus, 16, 20, 24, 40, 43–45; role in establishing training schools, 19–20; role in leadership schools, 24 Faludi, Susan, 137–38 farm bloc, 4, 17 Farm Credit Administration, 40 farm crisis of 1980s, 13, 137–38 farm inheritance tax policies, 125–26 Farm Journal, 1 farm modernization, 4–5, 42, 43, 90 Farm Wife News, 124–26 Farmers’ Alliance, 6 Farmers Union Defense Committee, 77 Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association , 75 Fayette County, Iowa, 121–22 fBi, 72 Federation of Clinton County, 35 female landownership, 139–42 The Feminine Mystique, 87 Fender, Mrs. Howard, 121–22 Fink, Deborah, 6, 135 Fleming, Roger, 29 Forsyth, Nell M., 39 Franklin Township Women’s Club, 46, 50 Freedman, Estelle B., 11 Freedom Township Women’s Club, 21, 23, 41–42, 43, 44, 48–49, 50, 50–52, 53, 57 Fremont County, Iowa, 24 Friedan, Betty, 85–87 Friedberger, Mark, 13 Friedley, Minnie, 22 Friendly Neighbors Club, 53–54 Garnjobst, Marie, 45 Gilbert, Horton, 79–80 Gleiter, Lois Linse, 74 Graham, Evelyn, 21 index • 183 Grand Mound, Iowa, 69 Grange, 6, 20, 138 Gray, Susan E., 6 Great Depression, 27–28, 62 Green, Pearl, 35, 69 Greendale, Wisconsin, 124 Greene County, Iowa, 73 Grinnell, Iowa, 60, 65 Grundy County, Iowa, 108 Guernsey, Ida, 73–75 Gustafson, Elmer, 79 Gustafson, Pauline, 79–80 Halpern, Monda, 87, 114 Hamilton, V. B., 28 Hampton, Iowa, 139 Handbook for Farmers Union Locals and Counties, 67–68 Hannah, Mrs. Veldron, 102 Hearst, Charles E., 29 Hemmes, April, 139 Hendricks, Frances, 80 Henrich, Sue, 124 Henry County, Iowa, 79–80 Henry, Don, 89, 106–7 Herkimer County, New York, 102 Highland Do-Better Club, 49, 55 Hill, Frances R., 125...