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"Modernity" and U.S. farm women's poultry operations. Jane Adams,Southern Illinois University
Chickens, because they were largely produced by women, played a significant though poorly understood role in the processes through which farm families became "modern". A brief sketch of poultry production in the U.S. helps delineate their role.
  • Chicken and egg production for sale provide an index of the developing domestic market for consumer foodstuffs. This market was fueled by an expanding population, most of it in cities. This growth in urban population was directly linked to industrial development.
"Modernity" and U.S. farm women's poultry operations: farm women nourish the industrializing cities 1880-1940. Paper presented at the international conference, The Chicken: Its Biological, Social, Cultural, and Industrial History: From Neolithic Middens to McNuggets. May 17-19, 2002, Yale University, Program in Agrarian Studies. © Jane Adams 2002

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