Southern women at the millennium : a historical perspective / edited by Melissa Walker, Jeanette R. Dunn, and Joe P. Dunn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walker, Melissa, 1962-

Dunn, Jeanette R.

Dunn, Joe P., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Southern States--Congresses.

Women.

Women--Southern States--History--20th century--Congresses.

History.

Southern States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 243 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2003]

Summary:

ContentsIntroduction. The Past as Prologue: Perspectives on Southern Women by Joe P. DunnSpheres of Economic Activity among Southern Women in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to the Future by Jacqueline JonesStealth in the Political Arsenal of Southern Women: A Retrospective for the Millennium by Sarah Wilkerson-FreemanWorking in the Shadows: Southern Women and Civil Rights by Barbara A. Woods"Separate but Equal" Case Law and the Higher Education of Women in the Twenty-first Century South by Amy Thompson McCandlessThe Changing Character of Farm Life: Rural Southern Women by Melissa WalkerOther Southern Women and the Voices of the Fathers: On Twentieth-Century Writing by Women in the U.S. South by Anne Goodwyn JonesSouthern Women and Religion by Nancy HardestyConclusion by Carol Bleser

Notes:

Papers presented at a symposium held Mar. 5-6, 2001 at Converse College.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

082621505X

OCLC:

52478506