Counting them in, not out: Surveying farm women about agricultural leadership

Australian Geographical Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-259

  Pini, Barbara ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canegrowers; Farm women; Feminist methodology; Gendered identities; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; FEMINISM; LEADERSHIP; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3843058230     PISSN: 00049190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8470.2004.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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