dc.contributor.advisor | Hobbs, Daryl J. | eng |
dc.contributor.advisor | Rikoon, J. Sanford | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Mortimer, Allyn M. (Allyn Mary) | eng |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1929 | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2007 Summer | eng |
dc.description | The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on December 6, 2007) | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2007. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Today, when fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables are plentiful and taken for granted, the home vegetable garden is regarded as something between a hobby and a luxury. But in the Great Depression of the 1930s, the household vegetable garden, which was primarily the responsibility of the farm woman, was an engine that helped many rural families pull through tough economic times. The home vegetable garden is an ideal place from which to explore women's agency, because it is not only a gendered site on the farmstead where women, particularly during this time period, were able to develop skills and knowledge to enable them to feed their families, but it also was a site that enabled them to participate in the economic welfare of the farm. This study examines the Depression-era vegetable garden and its value in helping to keep farm families off relief rolls and remain relatively self-sufficient. It also examines the role of the professional women - Extension home demonstration agents - who worked with farm women to develop and improve their gardening and canning capabilities. It documents the material culture of the Depression-era vegetable garden in an attempt to make readers aware of the often taken-for-granted tools, skills, and knowledge that women needed to grow groceries in the garden. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b61497149 | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 182863856 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/4749 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/4749 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Vegetable gardening | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Depressions -- 1929 | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Women farmers | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Rural women -- Economic conditions | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Rural families -- Economic conditions | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Home economics extension workers | eng |
dc.title | Power in the garden : exploring the lives of Missouri farm women and their vegetable gardens during the Great Depression | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Rural sociology (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |