Fink, Deborah
FINK, Deborah
FINK, Deborah. American, b. 1944. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, Local history/Rural topics, Women's studies and issues. Career: Anthropologist and writer. Visiting professor at Grinnell College, 1980; Iowa State University, 1980, 1981, and 1983; and University of Iowa, 1984-85. Publications: Open Country, Iowa: Rural Women, Tradition and Change, 1986; Agrarian Women: Wives and Mothers in Rural Nebraska, 1880-1940, 1992; Meatpacking Lines: Workers in the Rural Midwest, 1998; Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest, 1998. Contributor to other works and periodicals. Address: 222 S Russell, Ames, IA 50010, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]
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