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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826374503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8262-6456-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 243 p

Altri autori (Persone)

WalkerMelissa <1962->

DunnJeanette R

DunnJoe P. <1945->

Disciplina

305.4/0975

Soggetti

Women - Southern States

Women - Southern States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a symposium entitled "Southern Women in the Twenty-first Century: a Historical Perspective for a New Millennium" held Mar. 5-6, 2001 at Converse College.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- The Past as Prologue -- Spheres of Economic Activity among Southern Women in the Twentieth Century -- Stealth in the Political Arsenal of Southern Women -- Working in the Shadows -- Separate but Equal" Case Law and the Higher Education of Women in the Twenty- First- Century South -- The Changing Character of Farm Life -- Other Southern Women and the Voices of the Fathers -- Southern Women and Religion -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.