Building on their analysis in Sociology in Government (Penn State, 2003), Julie Zimmerman and Olaf Larson again join forces across the generations to explore the unexpected inclusion of rural and farm women in the research conducted by the USDA’s Division of Farm Population and Rural Life. Existing from 1919 to 1953, the Division was the first, and for a time the only, unit of the federal government devoted to sociological research. The authors explore how these early rural sociologists found the conceptual space to include women in their analyses of farm living, rural community social organization, and the agricultural labor force.

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P. 2) -- Introduction (p. 4) -- Size and composition of the hired fram working force (p. 5) -- Persons who did 25 days or more of farm wage work (p. 5) -- Persons who did less than 25 days of farm wage work (p. 16) -- Employment and earnings of farm wage workers by residence inside or outside of Standard Metropolitan Statistical areas (p. 17) -- Unemployment and underemployment of hired farm workers (p. 17) -- Education of 14-17 year old hired farm workers (p. 19) -- Farm employers (p. 19) -- Appendix: Method of survey (p. 21) -- Appendix: Schedule (p. 22) -- Appendix: Tables (p 25).