Amish Women and the Great Depression

This unique portrait of Depression-era farm life provides a historic look into the farming practices and daily lives of Amish women.

About the author

Katherine Jellison is a professor of history and the director of the Central Region Humanities Center at Ohio University. She is the author of Entitled to Power: Farm Women and Technology, 1913–1963, and It's Our Day: America's Love Affair with the White Wedding, 1945–2005.Steven D. Reschly is professor emeritus of history at Truman State University. He is the author of The Amish on the Iowa Prairie, 1840–1910, and a coeditor of Strangers at Home: Amish and Mennonite Women in History.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Jellison, Katherine Reschly Jellison, Jellison Katherine, Steven D Reschly, Steven D. Reschly, Steven D. (Truman State University) Reschly
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781421447971
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4797-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies; Young Center Books in Anabapti
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, RELIGION / Christianity / Amish, Local History, History of the Americas, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches