03392nam 2200613 450 991081291050332120200520144314.00-252-09521-9(CKB)3710000000020554(EBL)3414293(SSID)ssj0001001269(PQKBManifestationID)11555133(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001269(PQKBWorkID)10966649(PQKB)10040602(MiAaPQ)EBC3414293(OCoLC)861199732(MdBmJHUP)muse29674(Au-PeEL)EBL3414293(CaPaEBR)ebr10774468(CaONFJC)MIL629312(EXLCZ)99371000000002055420130510h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOur roots run deep as ironweed Appalachian women and the fight for environmental justice /Shannon Elizabeth BellUrbana, Chicago, and Springfield :University of Illinois Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-07946-9 0-252-03795-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments -- List of figures -- Introduction -- How can they expect me as a mother to look over that? : Maria Gunnoe's fight for her children's health and safety -- We became two determined women : Pauline Canterberry and Mary Miller become the sylvester dustbusters -- Let us live in our mountains : Joan Linville's fight for her homeland -- You gotta go and do everything you can--fight for your kids : Donetta Blankenship speaks out against underground slurry injections -- It's just a part of who I am : Maria Lambert and the movement for clean water in Prenter -- I'm not an activist against coal, I'm an activist for the preservation of my state : Teri Blanton and the fight for justice in Kentucky -- I'm not going to be run out, I'm not going to be run over, I'm not going out without a fight : Patty Sebok's battle against monster coal trucks -- Our roots run so deep, you can't distinguish us from the earth we live on : Debbie Jarrell and the campaign to move Marsh Fork elementary school -- It's not just what I choose to do, it's also, I think, what I have to do : Lorelei Scarboro's drive to save coal river mountain -- Money cannot recreate what nature gives you : Donna Branham's struggle against mountaintop removal -- I want my great-great-grandchildren to be able to live on this earth! : the legacy of the courageous Julia "Judy" bonds -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.WomenPolitical activityAppalachian RegionWomen and the environmentAppalachian RegionHuman beingsEffect of environment onAppalachian RegionEnvironmentalismAppalachian RegionWomenPolitical activityWomen and the environmentHuman beingsEffect of environment onEnvironmentalism305.40974Bell Shannon Elizabeth1715317MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812910503321Our roots run deep as ironweed4109849UNINA