This article offers one of the first studies to pay attention to the influence of abundant rain in advancing postwar agendas and shaping new constructions of rural femininity. Enriching an understanding of modernity, I use oral history testimony and private archives to illuminate women's emotional, social and sensory responses to plentiful water and the possibilities it fostered. While previous tropes had warned that close engagement with the elements would leave women 'unsexed' and drained of feminine vitality, the verdure that characterised the postwar era made the environment appear pliable, acquiescent and drought-proof, no longer threatening but actively inviting women's involvement. Informed by scientific agriculture, the modern rural woman, was constructed as 'feminine' and 'attractive' but also well-equipped to contribute her labour to the forward momentum of Australian farming.

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绿色岁月：丰富的水资源在塑造战后农村女性气质中的作用

本文提供了首批关注大量降雨对推进战后议程和塑造农村女性气质新结构的影响的研究之一。为了丰富对现代性的理解，我使用口述历史证词和私人档案来阐明女性对丰富的水的情感、社会和感官反应以及它所孕育的可能性。虽然以前的比喻曾警告说，与元素的密切接触会使女性“失去性别”并耗尽女性活力，但战后时代的翠绿使环境显得柔韧、默许和抗旱，不再威胁而是积极邀请女性参与. 在科学农业的指导下，现代农村女性被构建为“女性化”和“有吸引力”