Background
Jellison, Katherine Kay was born on January 5, 1960 in Garden City, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Billy Dean and Margaret Ruth Jellison.
(The advent of modern agribusiness irrevocably changed the...)
The advent of modern agribusiness irrevocably changed the patterns of life and labor on the American family farm. In Entitled to Power, Katherine Jellison examines midwestern farm women's unexpected response to new labor-saving devices. Federal farm policy at mid-century treated farm women as consumers, not producers. New technologies, as promoted by agricultural extension agents and by home appliance manufacturers, were expected to create separate spheres of work in the field and in the house. These innovations, however, enabled women to work as operators of farm machinery or independently in the rural community. Jellison finds that many women preferred their productive roles on and off the farm to the domestic ideal emphasized by contemporary prescriptive literature. A variety of visual images of farm women from advertisements and agricultural publications serve to contrast the publicized view of these women with the roles that they chose for themselves. The letters, interviews, and memoirs assembled by Jellison reclaim the many contributions women made to modernizing farm life. Originally published in 1993. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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Jellison, Katherine Kay was born on January 5, 1960 in Garden City, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Billy Dean and Margaret Ruth Jellison.
Bachelor, Fort Hayes State University, Kansas, 1982. Master of Arts, University Nebraska, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1991.
Assistant professor, Memphis State University, 1991-1993; assistant professor, Ohio U., Athens, 1993-1996; associate professor of history, Ohio U., Athens, since 1996.
(The advent of modern agribusiness irrevocably changed the...)
(The advent of modern agribusiness irrevocably changed the...)
Member National Organization for Women, American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Berkshire Conference on History of Women, Social Science History Association, Ohio Academy History.
Married David John Winkelmann, August 10, 1985.