How Long to Read WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES

How Long Does it Take to Read WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES by Ronald Eustice

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Description

Women of Means & Cows of Good Genes highlights the lives and accomplishments of six extra-ordinary women. By no means are these women typical; they were very wealthy, but each was a respected role model that in some way influenced the lives of other women as gender roles began to change. Each of the women featured in this book made noteworthy contributions to agriculture and livestock breed progress. Besides being wealthy, they were born, grew up and lived part of their lives when American and Canadian women did not have the right to vote in national elections In the USA, women gained the right to vote in national elections in 1920. Minnie Viele Miller was born in 1870 and was 51 years old when she first voted in a national election. She was elected president of the American Hampshire Sheep Association and served in that capacity from 1926 to 1928. Among other distinctions, In 1937, Minnie W. Miller was rated as one of the 15 best-known business women in the world. Emma Raap Fritsche, an Ayrshire breeder in Pennsylvania was born in 1875 and was 46 years old before she could vote. In 1937, she became the first woman to be elected president of a major US dairy breed association. Frances Osborne Kellogg: Frances Osborne's father died in 1907 and at age 31, contrary to the advice of the executers of her father's estate, she decided to take over the family businesses instead of selling them. Frances was true to her word, running four companies and growing the family fortune which included Osborne Farm at Derby, Connecticut. By 1930, she had a herd of purebred Jerseys plus 180 Holsteins. The first purebred Holstein heifer registered by Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg was born May 5, 1921. The descendants of this heifer still formed one of the two foremost families at Osborndale in 1957 when the herd was dispersed. In 1944, Frances Kellogg was the first woman in history to be elected Vice-President of the National Holstein Association. Irene Walter Johnson was born in 1864. In 1912, Irene and her husband Oscar Johnson purchased 135 acres at St. Albans near St. Louis. By 1914, the acreage had increased to about 1500 acres. Oscar Johnson owne dthe world's largest shoe manufacturing business. He died in 1916, and Irene was left with three small children and several hundred acres of beautiful and fertile farmland. She began to expand the holdings and eventually St. Albans Farm consisted of 7,500 acres. She spearheaded a successful effort to make the farm a show place and an example of highly efficient and productive agriculture. Helen "Hope" Montgomery was considered the epitome of Philadelphia "Main Line" high society and symbol of an aristocratic, free-spirited elegance. She was a debutante, socialite, self-described "girl" and philanthropist whom the magazine Vanity Fair once called "the unofficial queen of Philadelphia's white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant (WASP) oligarchy." Sarah Van Hoosen Jones was born in 1892 on a farm in Michigan but raised in Chicago. Her family encouraged her to become a physician, but even as a very young girl she longed to become a farmer. She earned a Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph.B.) degree in foreign languages from the University of Chicago in 1914. She began graduate work in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin. There she completed an M.S. degree in animal husbandry in 1916 and a Ph.D. degree in genetics in 1921 becoming the first woman in the United States to do so. In 1946-47, Sarah Van Hoosen Jones became the second woman to serve as Vice President of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.

How long is WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES?

WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES by Ronald Eustice is 258 pages long, and a total of 66,564 words.

This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES aloud.

What Reading Level is WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES?

WOMEN of MEANS and COWS of GOOD GENES is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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