Feminist Politics on the Farm: Rural Catholic Women in Southern Quebec and Southwestern France

by Naomi Black and Gail Cuthbert Brandt

Feminist Politics on the Farm examines rural women's organizations, politics, feminism, agricultural life, and personal relations. The women studied were clearly progressive in their opinions and the authors show that their original and varied opinions cast doubt on much of the standard literature about non-elite women's understanding of mainstream politics and the women's movement. These rural women differed significantly from the usual stereotypes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773518282
• ISBN13: 9780773518285
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Carleton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages