Eastern Iowa Farmer Fall 2020
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Women also “were seen as having a crucial role to play in the<br />
success of settling the west, taking part in the arduous backbreaking<br />
work of building communities, homesteading, farming in land<br />
not very hospitable in harsh circumstances,” Kedrowski said.<br />
The campaign for suffrage in <strong>Iowa</strong> was a grassroots effort.<br />
<strong>Farmer</strong>s understood the important roles their wives played in<br />
the success of the farm, and many believed that giving them the<br />
right to vote and other rights would help protect them.<br />
And their foresight was important to many women in future<br />
generations, including Eloise Tabor Stewart.<br />
Running the farm<br />
After Eloise married Preston native Willard Stewart, they<br />
lived in Milwaukee where he worked as a chemist. When their<br />
son Roger was young, they came back to live and work on the<br />
family farm about a mile off Highway 64 in Preston. They also<br />
welcomed a daughter, Nancy (Stewart) Moore. Along with<br />
Willard’s father, James, they grew corn, oats and hay and raised<br />
livestock.<br />
At 5-foot 2-inches, Eloise was a powerhouse, driving tractors<br />
and caring for animals.<br />
“She could do any chore that needed to be done,” Jennie said,<br />
and she loved to be outside. “She could do anything outside on<br />
the farm. Any task that a man could do, she could do. She really<br />
enjoyed being out with the animals.”<br />
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