Feminism and Farm Women

End Notes and References

• For the purpose of this article, feminism is defined as the analysis of women's subordination. There are several schools of feminism including radical, socialist, liberal or reform and post-modern. The writer favours the radical feminist approach
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• Farm women are defined as those women who live on farms and properties. Both James ( 1989 , p.2) and Kelly (1982, p.2) estimate that this could be as many as one and a quarter million women in Australia
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