At Mam-maw’s Table

My favorite memories are of Sundays at Mam-maw’s kitchen table

Tillie Baldwin: Immigrant Hairdresser Turned Bronco Buster Extraordinaire

Like many white women involved in rodeo, Baldwin both utilized and perpetuated common tropes about authentic western womanhood, while also cheekily resisting them.

Call for Proposals: “Kitchen Table Talk to Global Forum”

"Kitchen Table Talk to Global Forum," RWSA's 14th triennial conference will be May 13-15, 2021, at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Charreadas as Complex Celebrations of Heritage and Identity for Mexican American Woman

Charreada celebrates Mexican culture and heritage, but women encounter limitations.

Uncovering Poverty and Resilience in the Great Flyover

In Heartland, Smarsh eloquently unpacks the harsh realities of the working poor in places that are simultaneously celebrated as the nation’s “heartland” and mocked as being part of the “great flyover.”

How Civic Responsibility, Nativism, and World War I Gave Women in the Midwest the Right to Vote

Civic responsibility combined with wartime nativist hysteria to give midwestern women the right to vote.

Farm Institutes and Rural Women: The Case of Rural New York State

Targeting farm women was deemed a best practice for farmer's institutes.