In the late 1970s the golden valley between Utah’s Wasatch Mountains was home to some of the best dairies in the country. That was also where Linda Rhodes, a newly minted large animal veterinarian, had to prove that a woman could do what the Mormon dairymen were sure was a man’s job. She was often scared that they were right. Throughout her experience, she tackled a menagerie of challenging medical and surgical cases that forced her to be fearless. Every bovine life she saved helped her confidence grow, but each failure left her feeling defeated–as did the mounting tensions between pursuing a demanding career and saving a crumbling marriage.
In Breaking the Barnyard Barrier, Linda Rhodes tells the story of how a woman, through grit and tears, made her way in a man’s world and blazed a path that prevailed against career stereotypes.Author: Linda Rhodes
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 02/17/2026
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781647792350
Language: English
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