Breaking the Barnyard Barrier: A Woman Veterinarian Paves the Way (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647792350)

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
ISBN-10: 1647792355
ISBN-13: 9781647792350
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Language: English
Published: 02/17/2026
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.70d