"Primarily descriptive, this study raises issues of gender, ethnicity, and class which should stimulate further research. . . . Rural sociologists and historians alike will find Maret's study a valuable reference and a spur to further research." --Southwestern Historical Quarterly

." . . a valuable contribution to women's studies and the sociology of occupations."--Contemporary Sociology

." . . Maret's] greatest contribution may be the quantification of women's involvement and comparison of data for farm women with that for ranch women . . . this is an impressive and ground-breaking...