1. From the editor

   • Cornelia B. Flora
   • Richard P. Haynes

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 4

2. Women and agriculture

   • Cornelia B. Flora

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 12

3. The role of farm women in american history: Areas for additional research

   • Joan M. Jensen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 17

4. A commentary on research on American farmwomen

   • Peggy J. Ross

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 30

5. Women's work in the U.S.: Variations by regions

   • Carolyn Sachs

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 39

6. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 39 - 39

7. Values and goals of Florida farm women: Do they help the family farm survive?

   • Christina H. Gladwin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 47

8. Research in progress: Case studies of family adaptation to changing resources and environments

   • M. Suzanne Sontag
   • Margaret W. Bubolz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 51

9. Science and farm women's work: The agrarian origins of home economic extension

   • Jane Knowles

   OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 55

10. Extension systems and modern farmers in developing countries

    • Celia Jean Weidemann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 56 - 59

11. The underside of development: Agricultural development and women in Zambia

    • Anita Spring
    • Art Hansen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 67

12. Book reviews

    • Meredith Smith
    • Cornelia B. Flora

    BookReview Pages: 68 - 73

13. Books received

    BookReview Pages: 73 - 73

14. In the field

    • Roger Paden

    OriginalPaper Pages: 74 - 75

15. Letters to the editor

    Letter Pages: 75 - 76