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History Forum
History Forum: When a Dream Dies with Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102
651-259-3000 | infodesk@mnhs.org
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The Midwest in the 1980s was at the epicenter of a nationwide agricultural collapse unmatched since the Great Depression. In When a Dream Dies, historian Pamela Riney-Kehrberg gives an in-depth look into the worst of this crisis through the lives of Iowa farmers struggling to cope with disaster. While farms failed and banks foreclosed, rural and small-town Iowans were forced to think about themselves, their farms, and their futures in new ways. As the crisis spiraled, it transformed families and communities, impacting mental health, food security, and generational wealth and traditions. Join Riney-Kehrberg to learn about this often overlooked event, how it changed the future of America’s heartland, and how its legacy persists today.
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Pamela Riney-Kehrberg is Distinguished Professor of history at Iowa State University specializing in American rural and agricultural history, as well as the history of childhood and youth, and the family. In addition to When a Dream Dies, she is the author of four books, including Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play and Coming of Age in the Midwest and The Nature of Childhood: An Environmental History of Growing Up in America since 1865. In addition to scholarly work, she has contributed to projects with the American Library Association, Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl, and the National Council on History Education.
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Saturday, May 1, 2027
History Forum: When a Dream Dies with Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
The Midwest in the 1980s was at the epicenter of a nationwide agricultural collapse unmatched since the Great Depression. In When a Dream Dies, historian Pamela Riney-Kehrberg gives an in-depth look into the worst of this crisis through the lives of Iowa farmers struggling to cope with disaster. While farms failed and banks foreclosed, rural and small-town Iowans were forced to think about themselves, their farms, and their futures in new ways. As the crisis spiraled, it transformed families and communities, impacting mental health, food security, and generational wealth and traditions. Join Riney-Kehrberg to learn about this often overlooked event, how it changed the future of America’s heartland, and how its legacy persists today.
Can't attend in-person? Register for the virtual event.
Biography:
Pamela Riney-Kehrberg is Distinguished Professor of history at Iowa State University specializing in American rural and agricultural history, as well as the history of childhood and youth, and the family. In addition to When a Dream Dies, she is the author of four books, including Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play and Coming of Age in the Midwest and The Nature of Childhood: An Environmental History of Growing Up in America since 1865. In addition to scholarly work, she has contributed to projects with the American Library Association, Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl, and the National Council on History Education.
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