Texte remanié de: Dissertation--Neuere Philologie--Frankfurt--Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 2005. / Bibliogr. p. 575-604.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington. / Page 183 a duplicate of p. 184. Bibliography: l. [183]-188.

Exploration of the familial power women possess is growing as sociologists and anthropologists recognize the legitimacy of power internal to the family. The focus of this research was to uncover the forms of power German-Russian women held as they operated in the private sphere of the family. Attention also focused on the transference of women's power, and the family power dynamics unique to farm families. Members of three generations of one German-Russian farm family were interviewed. The results indicated German-Russian women operated from bases of power derived from their roles as farm wives who contributed to family sustenance, and as caretakers and kinkeepers, maintaining family cohesion. While male power is largely public and formal, women's reliance on the bonds of familial relationships across generations lend them greater power in that realm.