Women of the Range
Women's Roles in the Texas Beef Cattle Industry
978-0-89096-541-2 Paperback
5.5 x 8.5 x 0 in
176 pp. 22 b&w photos.
Pub Date: 01/24/2018
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“Primarily descriptive, this study raises issues of gender, ethnicity, and class which should stimulate further research. . . . Rural sociologists and historians alike will find Maret’s study a valuable reference and a spur to further research.” —Southwestern Historical Quarterly
“. . . a valuable contribution to women’s studies and the sociology of occupations.”—Contemporary Sociology
“. . .[Maret’s] greatest contribution may be the quantification of women’s involvement and comparison of data for farm women with that for ranch women . . . this is an impressive and ground-breaking work.”—Western Historical Quarterly
“Elizabeth Maret has blown big holes in the theory that it was bidness men who single-handedly tamed the West and built the Texas cattle industry. Women of the Range [is] a great addition to any Texan’s library.”—Wichita Falls Times Record News
“. . . a valuable contribution to women’s studies and the sociology of occupations.”—Contemporary Sociology
“. . .[Maret’s] greatest contribution may be the quantification of women’s involvement and comparison of data for farm women with that for ranch women . . . this is an impressive and ground-breaking work.”—Western Historical Quarterly
“Elizabeth Maret has blown big holes in the theory that it was bidness men who single-handedly tamed the West and built the Texas cattle industry. Women of the Range [is] a great addition to any Texan’s library.”—Wichita Falls Times Record News
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Published by Texas A&M University Press
