There was a time when a woman involved in agriculture was regarded as “the farmer’s wife” or “the farmer’s daughter.”
She was not afforded recognition as “the farmer,” even when tragedy had befallen her husband or parent, and she had to keep the farm going.
History bears out that women have successfully run farms, many while also caring for children. My own father suffered a heart attack when, as the youngest of five daughters, I was just 6 months old. My mother kept the cows milked, the stock fed, the barn cleaned and the crops tended as he recovered, but she was still “the farmer’s wife.”…