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Mississippi Women
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Their Histories, Their Lives
By
Martha H. Swain (Edited by), Elizabeth Anne Payne (Edited by), Marjorie Julian Spruill (Edited by), Susan Ditto (Edited by)
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Price includes NZ wide delivery! Ships from UK supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Hardback, 360 pages | | Other Information: | 17 b&w photographs | | Published In: | United States, 30 November 2003 | Hurry - Only 2 left in stock! |
This collection of seventeen fascinating biographies, produced by the Mississippi Women's History Project, is an important step toward gaining the state's women their deserved place in its written record. The women whose absorbing life stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau of old Natchez, who was both a person of color and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Some of the women are well known, others were prominent in their time but have since faded into obscurity, and a few have never received the attention they deserve. Readers may already know such figures as writer and photographer Eudora Welty, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, and poet and educator Margaret Walker Alexander. Others are probably less familiar: the microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen, the black businesswoman and civic leader Sadye Wier, the flapper feminist Minnie Brewer, or the jurist Burnita Shelton Matthews. All the featured women, whether suffrage pioneers, champions for higher education for women, or luminaries in art and literature, shared similar experiences in their struggles for success. From Winnie Davis, daughter of the Confederacy's president, to Hazel Brannon Smith, a journalist and antilynching crusader, they had in common the pains and privileges that were part of womanhood in their times. As multifaceted as the state they helped to build, the women portrayed in this engaging volume will interest and inspire Mississippians of all ages. Scholars will find here a valuable resource that adds nuance and texture to southern and women's history. |
About the AuthorMartha H. Swain is Cornaro Professor of History Emerita at Texas Woman's University. Elizabeth Anne Payne is Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. Marjorie Julian Spruill is Associate Provost for Strategic Planning and Research Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. Reviews"This volume represents a long-overdue highlighting of some of the significant and diverse contributions that seventeen remarkable women made to the history of Mississippi. One cannot read these pages without developing a greatly enhanced sense of appreciation of the role these gifted and dedicated individuals played in shaping for the better the lives of the people of our state." -William F. Winter, former governor of Mississippi"
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press | | ISBN: | 0820325023 |
| EAN: | 9780820325026 | | Dimensions: | 22.0 x 15.0 x 2.0 centimeters (0.60 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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