Sharecropper Woman Hoeing Cotton Field May 1938 Missouri

A sharecropper woman works diligently with a hoe in a cotton field in New Madrid County, Missouri, in May 1938. This image illustrates the agricultural practices central to Southeast Missouris economy. Sharecropping was a common system where landowners provided land to farmers in exchange for a share of the crops, shaping the regions farming culture.

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