ISBN10: 0912670908, ISBN13: 9780912670904, [publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Although millions of women in the United States have worked on the land, With These Hands is the first history of their work. This collection begins with the agricultural work of Native American women, and traces to the eighties their experience as well as that of Euro-American, Hispanic, Black, and Asian women who have struggled to remain on the land. Rural womens complex lives emerge through letters, songs, fiction, official documents, journal entries, poetry, and oral history, documenting their love of the land, consciousness of racism and sexism, views of politics, and activities aimed at change. Beginning with Native American women, this volume traces the history of farm women of various races in the United States. It testifies to women's love of the land, to their consciousness of racism and sexism, and to their energies for social change. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

Hardback. New. ISBN 0912670908 9780912670904 [GB]