farmwife
Agrarian household manager
A farmwife is the wife of a farmer, typically one who shares in the work of running the farm.
The term suggests a woman whose life centers on the farm—tending gardens, raising chickens, preserving food, managing the household economy: She was a farmwife for forty years before they sold the land.
The word has an old-fashioned quality, evoking rural life before industrial agriculture.
Routine household tasks
- cookingPreparing food with heat
- canningAirtight food preservation
- quiltingLayered fabric stitching
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
baking · preserving · knitting · gardening · weaving · mending · milking · churning
Supportive life partner
- partnerOne who shares activity
- husbandMarried man's role
- companionOne who keeps company
- marriageFormal union between partners
household · matriarch · mother · family · children · support · teamwork · partnership
Committed to sustained effort
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
- tirelessNever losing energy
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- capableHaving required skills
sturdy · resilient · practical · frugal · thrifty · unrelenting · steadfast · productive
Early explorer or settler
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- frontierEdge of settlement
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
self-sufficiency · sodbuster · claim · grange · wagon · dugout · subsistence · hardscrabble
Gathering mature crops
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- poultryBirds raised for food
- orchardFruit tree plantation
- barnyardFarm's animal enclosure
dairy · henhouse · pigpen · cattle · sheep · goats · haymaking · planting
chores
Routine household tasks
sewing · baking · preserving · knitting · gardening · weaving · mending · milking · churning · pantry
helpmate
Supportive life partner
marriage · household · matriarch · mother · family · children · support · teamwork · partnership · provider
hardworking
Committed to sustained effort
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
- tirelessNever losing energy
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
capable · sturdy · resilient · practical · frugal · thrifty · unrelenting · steadfast · productive · efficient
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
cabin · self-sufficiency · sodbuster · claim · grange · wagon · dugout · subsistence · hardscrabble · land-grant
harvest
Gathering mature crops
barnyard · dairy · henhouse · pigpen · cattle · sheep · goats · haymaking · planting · threshing
traditional
Following long-held customs
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- vintageQuality from past eras
ancestral · handcrafted · nostalgic · quaint · bygone · historic · apron · bonnet · hearth · woodstove
- farm workershired hand, field hand, harvester, herdsman, picker
- rural peoplevillagers, farmers, rancher, rural folk, peasant
- rural women's workmilkmaid, shepherdess, harvest worker, butter churner, dairy maid
- farmersgrower, smallholder, cultivator, rancher, homesteader
farmwifecity dweller
Urban area inhabitant
urbanite · townswoman · metropolitan · city girl · city slicker
farmwifebusinesswoman
Woman in commerce
corporate executive · career woman · office worker · white-collar worker · CEO
farmwifesocialite
Prominent figure in fashionable circles
debutante · cosmopolitan · jet-setter · heiress · fashionista