Author: Nancy K. Berlage

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0807163317

Introduction -- Organizational structure: the rise of the local farm bureau -- Organizational strategy: economic, political, and social functions -- Science, cultural authority, and the farm bureau: bovine tuberculosis -- Home bureaus and the sciences of separate spheres -- Women and the agricultural occupation -- Reproducing the farm family: youth clubs, gender, and science -- Conclusion