Queen of American Agriculture - A Biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith

Informationen zum Autor Frederick Whitford is the coordinator of Purdue Pesticide Programs of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service. Andrew Martin is a training specialist with the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service! where he manages Indiana's commercial pesticide applicator training program. Phyllis Mattheis is a local historian from Wayne County! Indiana. Klappentext Virginia Claypool Meredith's role in directly managing the affairs of a large and prosperous farm in east-central Indiana opened doors that were often closed to women in late nineteenth century America. Her status allowed her to campaign for the education of women! in general! and rural women! in particular. Zusammenfassung Virginia Claypool Meredith's role in directly managing the affairs of a large and prosperous farm in east-central Indiana opened doors that were often closed to women in late nineteenth century America. Her status allowed her to campaign for the education of women! in general! and rural women! in particular.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Martin, Andrew G. Martin, Phyllis Mattheis, Frederick Whitford, Frederick Martin Whitford, Frederick/ Martin Whitford
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9781557535122
• ISBN: 978-1-55753-512-2
• No. of pages: 434
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Founders; The Founders Series; The Founders
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies