Mississippi Women

Author : Martha H. Swain
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820325033
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mississippi Women written by Martha H. Swain and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the women are well known, others were prominent in their time but have since faded into obscurity, and a few have never received the attention they deserve."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Martha H. Swain
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 082033393X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mississippi Women written by Martha H. Swain and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the women are well known, others were prominent in their time but have since faded into obscurity, and a few have never received the attention they deserve."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Tiyi Makeda Morris
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820347302
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi written by Tiyi Makeda Morris and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morris provides the first comprehensive examination of the Jackson, Mississippi-based women's organization Womanpower Unlimited. Originally instated in 1961 to sustain the civil rights movement, the organization also revitalized black women's social and political activism in the state through its diverse agenda and grassroots approach.

Author : Shelby Harriel-Hidlebaugh
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496822021
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind the Rifle written by Shelby Harriel-Hidlebaugh and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Civil War, Mississippi’s strategic location bordering the Mississippi River and the state’s system of railroads drew the attention of opposing forces who clashed in major battles for control over these resources. The names of these engagements—Vicksburg, Jackson, Port Gibson, Corinth, Iuka, Tupelo, and Brice’s Crossroads—along with the narratives of the men who fought there resonate in Civil War literature. However, Mississippi’s chronicle of military involvement in the Civil War is not one of men alone. Surprisingly, there were a number of female soldiers disguised as males who stood shoulder to shoulder with them on the firing lines across the state. Behind the Rifle: Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi is a groundbreaking study that discusses women soldiers with a connection to Mississippi—either those who hailed from the Magnolia State or those from elsewhere who fought in Mississippi battles. Readers will learn who they were, why they chose to fight at a time when military service for women was banned, and the horrors they experienced. Included are two maps and over twenty period photographs of locations relative to the stories of these female fighters along with images of some of the women themselves. The product of over ten years of research, this work provides new details of formerly recorded female fighters, debunks some cases, and introduces over twenty previously undocumented ones. Among these are women soldiers who were involved in such battles beyond Mississippi as Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg. Readers will also find new documentation regarding female fighters held as prisoners of war in such notorious prisons as Andersonville.

Author : Bridget Smith Pieschel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loyal Daughters written by Bridget Smith Pieschel and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne Firor Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780820325026
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mississippi Women written by Anne Firor Scott and published by . This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alysia Burton Steele
Publisher : Center Street
ISBN 13 : 1455562831
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delta Jewels written by Alysia Burton Steele and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by memories of her beloved grandmother, photographer and author Alysia Burton Steele -- picture editor on a Pulitzer Prize-winning team -- combines heart-wrenching narrative with poignant photographs of more than 50 female church elders in the Mississippi Delta. These ordinary women lived extraordinary lives under the harshest conditions of the Jim Crow era and during the courageous changes of the Civil Rights Movement. With the help of local pastors, Steele recorded these living witnesses to history and folk ways, and shares the significance of being a Black woman -- child, daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother in Mississippi -- a Jewel of the Delta. From the stand Mrs. Tennie Self took for her marriage to be acknowledged in the phone book, to the life-threatening sacrifice required to vote for the first time, these 50 inspiring portraits are the faces of love and triumph that will teach readers faith and courage in difficult times.

Author : Norma Watkins
Publisher : Nautilus
ISBN 13 : 9781936946952
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book That Woman from Mississippi written by Norma Watkins and published by Nautilus. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Norma Watkins' award-winning memoir, The Last Resort, described coming of age during the civil rights movement--when black people, along with anyone white who disagreed with segregation--lived in fear. The book ends when she leaves Mississippi. The sequel, That Woman from Mississippi, opens with that flight and explores the consequences of exile. The nurturing mother is our model, and society does not easily forgive a woman who leaves her children. Partnered with the powerful and attractive civil rights lawyer who carried her away, Watkins tries to balance the love she feels for him, and for graduate school and teaching, with guilt over that loss. In the face of betrayal, she realizes how ridiculous it was to free herself from one man by fastening herself to another. Humorous and discerning, the book shows how excruciating it is for women to do what men take for granted: find a harmony in love, work and parenting"--Back cover.

Author : Mississippi. Governor's Commission on the Status of Women
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Status of Women in Mississippi written by Mississippi. Governor's Commission on the Status of Women and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Noralee Frankel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom's Women written by Noralee Frankel and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frankel's scholarship in this carefully researched and clearly written study is impressive.... The study is thoroughly documented with 70 pages of footnotes and a 14-page bibliography, refleccting Frankel's grasp of the secondary literature as well as extensive work in primary documents." -- Choice Freedom's Women examines African American women's experiences during the Civil War and early Reconstruction years in Mississippi. Exploring issues of family and work, the author shows how African American women's attempts to achieve more control over their lives shaped their attitudes toward work, marriage, family, and community.