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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zimmerman, Julie N. Opening windows onto hidden lives: women, country life, and early rural sociological research / Julie N. Zimmerman and Olaf F. Larson. p. cm. — (Rural studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “Examines the embeddedness of rural and farm women’s lives in rural sociological research conducted by the USDA’s Division of Farm Population and Rural Life (1919–1953). Explores how early rural sociologists found the conceptual space to include women in their analyses”—Provided by publisher. isbn 978-0-271-03728-8 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Rural women—United States—Social conditions. 2. Sociology, Rural—United States—History. 3. United States—Rural conditions. 4. United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Division of Farm Population and Rural Life. I. Larson, Olaf F. II. Title. HQ1420.Z56 2010 305.40973'091734—dc22 2010018350 Copyright © 2010 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA 16802-1003 It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper. Publications on uncoated stock satisfy the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Material, ansi z39.48–1992. This book is printed on Natures Natural, which contains 50% post-consumer waste. ...

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