Voices of American Homemakers

Voices of American Homemakers
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 0253129869
ISBN-13 : 9780253129864
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Book Synopsis Voices of American Homemakers by : Eleanor Arnold

Download or read book Voices of American Homemakers written by Eleanor Arnold and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices of American is a book about women, family values, and making a life in rural America in the first half of this century. It distills some 200 oral histories collected from 37 states organized around the essential rites and functions of life: growing up, education, courtship, marriage, child rearing, the homemaker and her work, the organizations that supported her, and her sense of self.


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