Sisterly networks : fifty years of Southern women's histories / edited by Catherine Clinton ; foreword by William A. Link.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Link, William A., author of foreword.

Contributor:

Clinton, Catherine, 1952- editor.

Series:

Frontiers of the American South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern Association for Women Historians.

Women--Southern States--History.

Women.

Social conditions.

Women's studies.

History.

Southern States.

Women's studies--Southern States--History.

Women--Southern States--Social conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]

Summary:

"Tracing the development of the field of southern women's history over the past half century, this book shows how pioneering feminists laid the foundation for a strong community of sister scholars and delves into the work of an organization central to this movement, the Southern Association for Women Historians"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Barbarians at the Doorbell: Tales from the Archives / Catherine Clinton

2. Testing Our Mettle: Women's and Gender History in the Battle over the Civil War / Michele Gillespie

3. A Place Where Women Can Feel Valued, or Why Academic Professional Associations Matter, Especially for Women / Melissa Walker

4. "Can the Sistas Get Some History, Too?": Transformations in Southern Black Women's History / Cherisse Jones-Branch

5. Present at the Birth of a New History: A Southern Midwives' Tale / Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sisterly networks

ISBN:

9780813066615

0813066611

OCLC:

1155320360