Background
Maret, Elizabeth Gardner was born on November 9, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Raymond and Elizabeth Maret.
( Women may not fit the common image of a rancher, but on...)
Women may not fit the common image of a rancher, but on the range and in the ranch office women are at home. With their parents, children, or spousesor alonewomen own, manage, and do the daily work of ranching, as they have since pioneer days. Increasingly, they also fill the productive roles of the highly technological industry growing up around beef cattle. Women of the Range describes the roles of women in the Texas cattle industry of the past, the present, and the likely future. Based on a decade of interviews, observation, and data analysis, Elizabeth Maret, a sociologist and rancher, tells the story of the women who serve as an often unpaid labor force in this classic American enterprise. Through profiles of typical (and some atypical) women, with photographs she took of them at work, Maret shows how women serve not only as keepers of the land,” but also as a force for modernization in the cattle industry. The women she shows include a cattle fitter, sale barn manager, and herd health veterinarian. They are owners and managers of historic family ranches. They write computer software for planning optimal crossbreeding operations, they run equipment in artificial insemination companies, and they encourage industry emphasis on nutrition and consumer interests. Women have always been there, Maret shows, participating in ranching and the cattle industry as silent but active partners. Maret’s portrait of their involvement and analysis of its signigicance will fascinate readers with an interest in ranching, social history, women’s studies, and the sociology of work.
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Maret, Elizabeth Gardner was born on November 9, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Raymond and Elizabeth Maret.
Bachelor, University Texas, 1967. Master of Arts, University Texas, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1973.
Assistant professor Huston-Tillotson College, 1972-1973, Texas Technology University, 1973-1976. Associate professor sociology Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1976—2005. Partner Grassburr Cattle Partners, since 1984.
Coordinator Women in Development, 1984—1986. Founder Brazos Original Beef, 2000.
( Women may not fit the common image of a rancher, but on...)
Board member Brazos Greenways Council, 2005—2006. Active Interfaith Volunteer Network. Member of League of Women Voters, Texas Solar Energy Society, National Women's Political Caucus, Texas Council Family Relations, New York Academy of Sciences, Sociologists for Women in Society, Southwest Sociological Association (president 1985), American Sociological Association, Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Emily's List, American Simmental Association, International Platform Association, United States Canoe and Kayak Team.
Married Sam House (divorced ). 1 child David Stanley.