Country Life Movement | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Country Life Movement

Country Life Movement | Wisconsin Historical Society
Social movement fostered by the first Wisconsin Country Life Conference in 1911 that espoused a rural community ethic based on altruism. Its adherents asserted that a "community life...will stimulate mental activity to amply satisfy the social aspirations of the countryman and his family" and that this was essential for a "contented and intelligent rural population."

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[Source: The History of Wisconsin, v.4: The Progressive Era, 1893-1914 (Madison, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1973-1998)The History of Wisconsin / William Fletcher Thompson, general editor. Publisher: Madison, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1973-1998. Description: 6 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. Partial Contents: v.4. The Progressive Era, 1893-1914 / by John D. Buenker; pg 35 Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN: 0870201220 (v. 1)087020260X (v. 5) OCLC: (OCoLC)00524187 Subjects: Wisconsin--History. Other: Thompson, William Fletcher, 1929-]