Alabama Women: Their Lives and Times Contributor(s): Dorr, Lisa Lindquist (Editor), Ashmore, Susan Youngblood (Editor), Haveman, Christopher D. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0820350796 ISBN-13: 9780820350790 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 305.409 |
LCCN: 2016051435 |
Series: Southern Women: Their Lives and Times |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 378 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - South |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Another addition to the Southern Women series, Alabama Women celebrates women's histories in the Yellowhammer State by highlighting the lives and contributions of women and enriching our understanding of the past and present. Exploring such subjects as politics, arts, and civic organizations, this collection of eighteen biographical essays provides a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieux of women's lives in Alabama. Featured individuals include Augusta Evans Wilson, Maria Fearing, Julia S. Tutwiler, Margaret Murray Washington, Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, Ida E. Brandon Mathis, Ruby Pickens Tartt, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, Sara Martin Mayfield, Bess Bolden Walcott, Virginia Foster Durr, Rosa Parks, Lurleen Burns Wallace, Margaret Charles Smith, and Harper Lee. Contributors: |
Contributor Bio(s): Ashmore, Susan Youngblood: - SUSAN YOUNGBLOOD ASHMORE is a professor of history at Oxford College of Emory University. She is the author of Carry It On: The War on Poverty and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, 1964-1972.Sullivan, Patricia: - PATRICIA SULLIVAN is a professor of history and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina and a former fellow at Harvard University's W. E. B. Du Bois Institute. She is the author of Days of Hope and coeditor of Civil Rights in the United States. Sullivan has been a consultant on many films and documentaries, including HBO's Boycott.Dorr, Lisa Lindquist: - LISA LINDQUIST DORR is an associate professor of history and the associate dean for social sciences at the University of Alabama. She is the author of White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960. |