Margaret Weber

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Dissertation Topic: The development of agribusiness and its impact on conceptions of agriculture in the postwar period (1945-1970)
Major professor: Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Expected Date of Graduation: Spring 2018
Area of Research Specialization: Twentieth Century, Agriculture, Gender, History of Capitalism, Popular Culture

Conference Presentations:

Roundtable Discussion of Rural Depictions in Popular Culture, The Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities, New York, NY (2017)

“The American Way of Farming: Pioneer Hi-bred and Power in Postwar America Organization of American Historians Conference,” New Orleans, LA (2017)

“Goodbye City Life!: Green Acres and Agrarian Masculinity,” Agricultural History Conference, New York, NY (2016)

“The Ballad of Jed Clampett: Rural Masculinity on the Small Screen,” Agricultural History Conference, Lexington, KY (2015)

“‘High heels and county roads’: Patriarchy and Mutuality in early Iowa 4-H
Rural Women’s Studies Association Conference,” San Marcos, TX (2015)

“Superman’s Smallville: Agrarian Romanticism and Comic Books”
Agricultural History Conference, Provo, UT (2014)

“Making the Best Better: 4-H’s ‘Educational Era’ in Iowa,” Agricultural History Conference, Banff, Canada (2013)