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Both the 1940 and 1975 columns share elements not included in the speech such as the statement that a farmer's wife won't let him starve. [9] [10] In the "So God Made a Farmer" speech and Harvey's 1986 column, only two phrases and a few words remain from Blackwood's 1940 piece including the phrase, "can shape an axe handle from a persimmon sprout".
American Gothic is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.A character study of a man and a woman portrayed in front of a home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture.
Mary Elizabeth Lease (September 11, 1850 [a] – October 29, 1933) was an American lecturer, writer, Georgist, [1] and political activist. She was an advocate of the suffrage movement as well as temperance, [2] but she was best known for her work with the People's Party (Populists).
Bosso, Christopher J. Framing the Farm Bill: Interests, Ideology, and Agricultural Act of 2014 (University Press of Kansas, 2017). Brunner, Edmund de Schweinitz. Rural social trends (1933) online edition; Conkin, Paul K. A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American Agriculture since 1929 (2009) excerpt and text search; Dean ...
Walk down Reader's Digest memory lane with these quotes from famous people throughout the decades. The post 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Isidore the Laborer, also known as Isidore the Farmer (Spanish: San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – 15 May 1130), was a Mozarab farmworker who lived in medieval Madrid.Known for his piety toward the poor and animals, he is venerated as a Catholic patron saint of farmers, and of Madrid; El Gobernador, Jalisco; La Ceiba, Honduras; and of Tocoa, Honduras.
The character of "the farmer" had an enduring legacy, as a symbol of "American moral virtues." [4] Subsequent works such as the anti-Federalist pamphlet, the Federal Farmer, Crèvecœur's Letters from an American Farmer and Joseph Galloway's A Chester County Farmer were written in the voice of similar characters. [4]: 337
6 Famous quotes. 7 Works. 8 References. 9 Further reading. ... He was born on the family farm in the Catskill Mountains, near Roxbury in Delaware County, New York.