{"product_id":"amish-women-and-the-great-depression-9781421447971","title":"Amish Women and the Great Depression","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA detailed look at how Amish women sustained family farming during the Great Depression.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the Great Depression, the US Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE) designated the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the most economically and culturally stable agricultural community in the nation. In \u003ci\u003eAmish Women and the Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e, Katherine Jellison and Steven D. Reschly examine the integral role that Amish women played in this Depression-era success story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking unprecedented use of quantitative data as well as qualitative accounts by and about Amish women, Jellison and Reschly reveal how Amish women sustained family farming during this devastating time. Using information from the federal government's 1935-1936 Study of Consumer Purchases (SCP), they closely examine the quantitative data related to Old Order Amish families and their neighbors in Lancaster County. SCP investigators approached women in these families to learn about household spending habits, farm crops and income, farm and household equipment, family size, home production, recreational practices, and dietary habits. Jellison and Reschly analyze the production and consumption activities of Amish women and their families as well as comparative data about the practices of their neighbors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmish Women and the Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e also incorporates a variety of qualitative sources to enliven the statistical analysis, including Old Order Amish women's diaries and memoirs; newspaper accounts by and about Amish women; government reports and related correspondence about the Lancaster County Amish; oral histories with elderly Old Order Amish people about their experiences in the 1930s; an oral history with Walter M. Kollmorgen, the author of the 1942 BAE study of Old Order Amish community stability; and photographs by New Deal photographers. This unique portrait of Depression-era farm life provides a historic look into the farming practices and daily lives of Amish women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Jellison\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and the director of the Central Region Humanities Center at Ohio University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEntitled to Power: Farm Women and Technology, 1913-1963\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIt's Our Day: America's Love Affair with the White Wedding, 1945-2005\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eSteven D. Reschly\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of history at Truman State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Amish on the Iowa Prairie, 1840-1910\u003c\/i\u003e, and a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eStrangers at Home: Amish and Mennonite Women in History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50487858102546,"sku":"9781421447971","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14e8ac0c-fc20-4148-9e58-4c69562c6d21.jpg?v=1730456586","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/amish-women-and-the-great-depression-9781421447971","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}