They raised me up : a black single mother and the women who inspired her / / Carolyn Marie Wilkins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463346803321
• Autore: Wilkins Carolyn Marie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Columbia, Missouri : , : University of Missouri, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-8262-7308-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.8743208996073
• Soggetti: African American single mothers; African American women musicians; African American women; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments -- Carolyn's inspiring women -- A Note to the reader -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, Massachusetts, August 1986 -- Lilly, Midway, Alabama, November 1896 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, August 1986 -- Lilly and Alberta, Birmingham, Alabama, 1899 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, September 1986 -- Lilly and Alberta, Birmingham, 1899 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, September 1986 -- Lilly and Alberta, Weir, Kansas, 1905 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, September 1986 -- Alberta, Anniston, Alabama, 1913 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, September 1986 -- Lilly and Alberta, Detroit, 1917 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Brooklyn, Thanksgiving -- Alberta, Harlem, 1940 -- Elizabeth and Carolyn, Brooklyn, Thanksgiving 1986 -- Alberta, Harlem, 1943 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, December 1986 -- Alberta, Harlem, 1944 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, December 1986 -- Aunt Marjory, Brooklyn, 1948 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, January 1987 -- Aunt Marjory, Brooklyn, 1948 -- Carolyn and Sarah, Somerville, March 1987 -- Alberta, Harlem, 1947 -- Carolyn, Somerville, August 1987 -- Carolyn and Elizabeth, Birmingham, January 2012 -- Notes -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: At the height of the cocaine-fueled 1980's, Carolyn Wilkins left a ; disastrous marriage in Seattle and, hoping to make it in the music business, moved with her four-year-old daughter to a gritty working-class town on the edge of Boston. They Raised Me Up is the story of her battle to succeed in the world of jam sessions and jazz clubs--a man's world where women were seen as either sex objects or doormats. To survive, she had to find a way to pay the bills, overcome a crippling case of stage fright, fend off a series of unsuitable men, and most important, find a reliable babysitter.